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There’s another front on Israel’s war with Hamas that most don’t see but is no less real, dangerous, and must be defeated.
There’s no secret that since its own bloody revolution in 1979, the Iranian Islamist regime has called for the destruction of Israel. As a child growing up in Iran, I remember countless times being forced to participate along with hundreds and thousands of other children, all over the county, chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”
Fortunately, even at a young age, I knew that the Islamic regime was deliberately trying to brainwash average Iranians, and full of lies both politically and socially. When I became a Christian, and after being sentenced to death by hanging for doing so, the hateful and antisemitic lies became even more clear. Today, the Islamic regime uses its evil tentacles to spread its lies and terror across the world. The images of the Hamas atrocities on October 7 give me nightmares and fill me with anger. The nightmares are because of the suffering of thousands of innocent Israelis who just want to live in peace, and be the Light Unto the Nations that God called them to be.
But I also have nightmares because I know that if the Iranian regime is not stopped, they will continue to fund and orchestrate terror, and acquire nuclear weapons, making the evil of Hamas’ slaughter look like child’s play.
I am angry of course for the brutal massacre that Israel has suffered. As a Christian, I love Israel and the Jewish people. I weep thinking about their suffering, just because they are Jews. It is simply evil. I am also angry because for decades, and in recent years in particular, the world in general and the US and the West in specific, have “talked tough” about never letting Iran acquire nuclear weapons, but their actions have enabled and emboldened the Islamic regime.
While Hamas committed the inhuman atrocities against Israel on October 7, the fingerprints from the crimes are all in Tehran. The US and western powers, not to mention the axis of evil between Iran-China-Russia, have enabled this. What needs to be done is a complete shutting down of the Iranian regime, preventing it from doing business anywhere in the world, whether selling oil or pistachios.
But the US and the West have sent clear signals that they either don’t understand, or they don’t care about the Islamic regime’s goals. They have funded it with billions of dollars, thinking that they can appease the mullahs and that they can be negotiated with. In fact, the mullahs are laughing all the way to the bank, as they continue to entrench their nuclear facilities. If I were them, I would be laughing too. But it’s sad and frightful, not funny.
Amid these horrors, I am encouraged with good news I see coming from Iran. Millions of Iranians have become vocal and public in showing their support Israel.
To be clear, average Iranians do not see the regime as representing Iran, and that Iran is much more than the image that’s been hijacked by the Islamic regime. I’m delighted to see Iranians asserting themselves and recognizing that the regime has lied to them in every way possible since 1979. Taking a line from the 1976 American film “Network,” they are mad as hell and will not take it anymore. Some are bravely risking their lives.
This is the reality the West needs to see. Iran does not need to be freed by western troops and planes, but the regime must be squeezed so hard that the Iranian people can rise up to remove them from control. And they will.
More than ever before, I see an entire generation of Iranians who want their freedom from the Islamic regime. They mock the regime and Islam. They understand the deceptive lies of these terrorists ruling Iran. Iranians know that Israel is not the enemy, and that the land belongs to the Jews. They are standing with Israel by sending public messages throughout Iran, and via social media for the rest of the world to see. The world must step up, not just for the freedom of Iran, but because the Islamic regime is the head of the poisonous snake that must be cut off in order to save the world from more slaughter like we saw on October 7 in Israel.
And it is coming. Just look at Europe. Decades of appeasement and policies of open doors to Islamic terrorists and their sympathizers have made much of Europe unsafe for Europeans. Soon, unless the head of the snake is cut off, it will be too late.
Far from being a one front war in the Middle East, the Islamic republic’s evil ideology has infected social media globally as well. This must be resisted, and average Iranians are doing so. They are using social media to protest the regime, even at personal risk to themselves.
Since Hamas attacked Israel, I see numerous encouraging signs that despite the systematic decades-long brainwashing by the regime, Iranians know the truth and stand with Israel. It’s not the first shot to end the regime, but it is an important one.
I pray that the West will stand with Israel, with the Iranian people, squarely against terror orchestrated by the Islamic regime, implemented by Hamas and others, and defeat this evil once and for all.
Two million Muslims are locked up in China’s concentration camps according to Human Rights Foundation and Iran’s leaders line up to kiss Xi Jinping’s butt..
We need to re-build ourself, for a time, before taking on any more conflicts. Otherwise, it will just come to grief. But your essay is heart-felt.
One thing for sure – throwing MONEY at the regime does NOT help anyone! The SANCTIONS that PRESIDENT TRUMP imposed were working – the mullahs were reeling – terror funding was greatly reduced and then the biden bunglers come to the RESCUE!! I would bet that a concentrated attack on the mullahs and IRCG would give the DECENT Iranians enough room to retake their Nation. Maybe we will see that before it’s too late!
Seems like my posts are “awaiting moderation”! Really??
And Iean is still a Member of the United Nations we have even more reasons to pull out of the UN and moved them all out
All those Muslims in power in that “mullah regime” of Iran with hates the Jewish people as well as the State of Israel and wants her to be destroyed and use their stooge jihad organization ,Hamas to attempt to weaken and then eliminated the Jewish State ,once and for all are in reality delusional.
Those ayatollahs and mullahs and others in control of that hostile Israel hating tyranny of Iran have no idea, at all, that they are fated to totally fated to fail in their Islamic quest to destroy Israel.
The reason that this is so is because God is for Israel and will not let her be destroyed no matter how hard those malice-filled Israel despising imams and other Muslims clerics and their President Raisi will strive against Israel , they are all greatly overruled by God.
For example, the Bible in Psalm 135:4 reads “For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure.” [N.K.J.V.]
Israel is the apple of God’s eye, those who curseth thee I will curse you
Your comments are much appreciated. I hope you have sourcing in Iran upon which your vision of Iranians rejecting the regime is based. Truly we have had opportunities to assist in the regime overthrow which our own country squandered under the Obama and Biden “regimes,” thus exacerbating our and the Iranian people’s own plight. I agree with you that the Iran extremist regime can be overthrown without our military involvement just as Reagan defeated the evil Soviet empire without war. But first we need to get our own corrupt house in order, and most significantly, for Christians to wake up, stop compromising with the world, and start seriously praying for God’s direction on how we can influence this nation to do what is right.
The evil and insidious reach of that demonic/ Islamic regime of Iran includes the funding and support of that murderous jihad terror entity, Hamas.
Iran supplies mucho funding to terrorist organizations!
Does the ayatollah and the rest of the extremists running Iran sleep in hardened bunkers every night? I’m pretty sure Israeli intelligence knows. It would sure throw a damper on all this “unrest” if Mossad(sp) disturbed their sleep with a final harsh awakening.
Why do the residents of Gaza take aid from Iran and the West, essentially foreign powers? Why do universities here take in Chinese money not to mention some politicians? Open air prisons and poisonous places! If some in Gaza and some Iranians and some teachers object where do they go?
In 1941 Hitler met with the grand mufti of Jerusalem to address the problem of the Jews!
In our days Soros met with the mufti of Washington DC to address the problem of Israel!
All FOUR are bonafide antisemites.
In 1941 Hitler met with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to address the problem of the Jews.
Soros and Obama did the same!
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My first response came only after my 2nd response was published!!!!
What is going on?