I & I Editorial BoardIf President Donald Trump is considering handing over billions to the terrorists of Tehran and leaving them in control of the Strait of Hormuz, as some news dispatches have indicated, he will have committed a blunder. The only choice they should be offered is to give up everything or lose it all to the almighty forces of the U.S. and Israeli militaries.
If not, the Iranian threat will never be eliminated, only weakened for a time before returning to its demonic affairs, leaving a mess for someone else to clean up. Because Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had the courage to do what should have been done more than 45 years ago, the regime is staggering, and no lifeline should be tossed its way.
Various reports indicate that the regime is unwilling to give up control of the Strait of Hormuz, wants as much as $120 billion in frozen assets released (and a $12 billion payment just to continue talks), is refusing to hand over its highly enriched uranium, and is demanding reparations and an end to the sanctions. It’s hard to know what are concocted narratives and what can be fully relied on. But if Trump is entertaining any of these conditions, he is contemplating a grave error.
The president has no choice but to take a hard line as if the regime were the Nazis in 1945. The Allies then required Germany to “surrender unconditionally” the entirety of its “forces on land, sea and in the air who are at this date under German control.” Anything less would empower the depraved remnant in Tehran to start the cycle again.
Then the trials must begin. Just as the Nazis were held accountable for their crimes, the remaining “leaders” of the regime must be brought to justice for the terrorism they’ve wrought abroad and the offenses, including tens of thousands of murders, they’ve committed at home. The best that any could hope for should be house arrest for life in a country far from the Middle East, which they should prefer over the obliteration they should be told they will receive if they don’t submit. We are dealing with tyrants, butchers of humans whose claim to absolute power justifies their evil acts. Extending mercy endangers hundreds of millions.
The part of the world that treasures human life and liberty has to hope that Trump sticks to his pledge that “there will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” It might not be a surrender on paper but instead a situation in which “they can’t fight any longer because they don’t have anyone or anything to fight with.”
In fact, that might be the best outcome of all possibilities. Exterminating the nest of some of the most wicked people on Earth would be a righteous act of humanity.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
We must realize the terrorist culture is built on lies and more lies. It is the essence of their culture. They can never be trusted no matter what they say or do. We are dealing with pure evil and we in the west cannot totally comprehend the extent of that evil. A deal is the last thing we should be talking about. We must show our might and defeat them the way evil is always defeated. Thank you I & I for your posting. It seems some in the administration are naive, terribly so! Maybe they are holding cards close. If so it might be time to show a few more. The Iran power people see only weakness and are slow walking thinking they are stronger. They have practiced their art of conniving for a long time.