Newsmax columnists have continued to defend President Trump’s bombing of Iran. A sample:
Iran doesn’t just chant “Death to America!”
It works methodically to weaken America economically.
And for too long, Washington responded with caution, waivers, and wishful thinking.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump chose a different path.
The strikes against Iranian military assets were not about endless war:
—They were about deterrence.
—They were about sending a clear message that state-sponsored chaos comes with consequences.
When America projects strength, markets stabilize.
[…]Strength abroad protects stability at home.
Our nation’s 47th commander in chief’s decision to strike Iranian targets reinforces a doctrine many Americans instinctively understand: peace through strength is not a slogan.
It’s an economic strategy.
When adversaries know there is a line they cannot cross, they think twice.
[…]The world’s tyrants understand leverage.
President Trump understands deterrence.
And deterrence is cheaper than war — and far cheaper than weakness.
— Mark Vargas, Feb. 27
Consider: Since 1979, the Islamic Republic and their proxies have made killing Americans among its highest priorities. Hezbollah terrorists killed more than 200 Marines on Oct. 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Additionally, 600 American service members were killed by Iran-backed militias in Iraq.
Our nation’s 47th commander in chief has made it clear that U.S. war actions aren’t, as some pundits claim, primarily about protecting Israel nor are they about “regime change.”
Previously Trump declared, “Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change, but regime change has occurred because all of their original leaders’ death.”
Rather, these actions are being taken to ensure that America and our allies will never be held hostage to Iran and proxy control over global shipping lanes and nuclear extortion.
Nevertheless, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., recently posted on (Twitter)/X: “This war has made us worse off than when it started.”
[…]Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s war of attrition against Tehran can only end with firm assurances that America and our allies will never be held hostage to nuclear extortion or a stranglehold on Strait of Hurmuz international shipping lanes.
Ceding control of a vital waterway and of resources necessary for the prosperity of billions of people to a fanatical and bloodthirsty regime is a recipe and revenue stream for permanent upheaval.
Rather than cheer for U.S. defeat, wouldn’t it be much more refreshing to see Democrats and anti-Trump media finally credit the only U.S. president that has proven willing to wage an effective war against Tehran tyranny that has threatened the economy and security of the free world over nearly a half-century?
— Larry Bell, April 15
Democrats and the legacy media are horrified by Trump’s harsh words and targeted threats directed at Iran, yet it’s undeniable he is speaking to a culture employing clear language, stating what our nation’s 47th commander in chief intends to do should Iran fail to surrender.
In contrast Obama-Biden attempted conventional, stodgy diplomacy, a beyond ineffective strategy at best; one which resulted in Iran’s (and other adversaries) becoming overconfident, with respect to treatment of the United States and her citizenry, at worst.
Donald Trump’s actions can and will save civilization while fanatics chanting “Death to America!” will inevitably fail.
Trump understands this because he sees the world as it truly exists, not as the left dreamily believes it to be. Vis-a-vis, Iran would possess no hesitancy in deploying nuclear weapons.
Thus, his warnings to Iran don’t render him a “war criminal,” while Iran remains the number one enemy to global peace.
History will absolve Donald Trump.
It won’t be nowhere near as kind to the left, and rightfully so.
— Rob Taub, April 23
A biased argument is still around that the United States is at war with Iran because of Israel. That wasn’t true at the outset, and that contention is even more absurd now.
It’s a convenient excuse for those who either don’t understand what’s happening simply do not wish to confront it.
[…]This scenario didn’t happen overnight. Iran created this moment.
For years, it has tested the limits through proxies, harassment, and calculated escalation.
Push just far enough to create pressure, but never far enough to trigger a decisive response.
Every U.S. administration saw it, and knew it would have to be dealt with eventually.
Additionally, every administration, until now, chose to managethe problem versus resolving it.
President Donald Trump’s policy of confronting Iran has changed that.
Now, Iran doesn’t operate from a position of strength.
[…]This was never about Israel.
It’s about whether the United States allows a hostile regime to prove it can control a critical artery of the global economy.
It’s about power and control. It is about leverage.
It’s about whether a hostile regime gets to hold a chokehold globally, by extension, American economic stability.
Which means it’s really ultimately about freedom and peace.
–Robert Chernin, May 11