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[Order Michael Finch’s new book, A Time to Stand: HERE. Prof. Jason Hill calls it “an aesthetic and political tour de force.”]
Just in case you missed it:
While the Trump Administration keeps lying to the American people:
“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
— Donald J. Trump, June 21, 2025“The last thing on Iran’s mind is building a nuclear weapon. They want to recover… They’re not going to have a bomb and they’re not going to enrich.”
— Donald J. Trump, June 22, 2025“I think they’re scared… [Iran is] very frightened… their defense is pretty much gone.”
— Donald J. Trump, February 11, 2025“We devastated the Iranian nuclear program.”
— Pete Hegseth, June 22, 2025
The Islamic Republic is becoming bolder and more dangerous. They mock Trump and his “Blabbermouth” publicly. They’ve sent soldiers and arms to the Houthis and Hamas just last week, and now straight up tell the agency:
“The Cairo agreement is no longer relevant for our cooperation with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency),”
—Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
Don’t take it from me, take it from Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. In an interview this week, he warned that the Islamic Republic is not retreating. It’s reloading.
The Islamic regime may feel it has nothing left to lose so it’s ready to reignite hostilities.
— Michael Oren, Iran International Podcast
You read that right. A veteran diplomat just told the world that the Iranian regime is in the mood for a death match.
Not diplomacy. Not trade. Just the hunger to kill.
Here’s what Oren said about the aftermath of the recent 12-day war:
“Iran doesn’t think it lost. That illusion is precisely what makes it so dangerous. The regime believes it adapted to Israeli missile defense and started learning how to bypass it.”
— Michael Oren
Translation? The Islamic regime saw that as a victory. It learned, adapted, and bled the region. That’s what emboldened them.
But Trump is still peddling the myth of diplomacy.
“President Trump truly wants Iran to flourish…”
— JD Vance, Vice President, Jerusalem speech
Flourish? With 400kg of 60% enriched uranium, enough to make 10 bombs with a quick upgrade?
And while JD Vance praises the idea of “no nukes,” Trump’s team has no problem sitting on expired UN resolutions, ignoring Iran’s open defiance, and pretending this regime can be reasoned with.
Oren disagrees. He says:
“We’re at a historical turning point. The regime is dangerous precisely because it’s isolated and because it sees an opportunity.”
— Michael Oren
In case that wasn’t clear:
Isolation makes tyrants braver, not weaker.
Inside Iran, the mosques aren’t praying for peace. They’re preaching vengeance.
Last week’s Friday sermons were packed with hardline messages. Clerics praised the regime’s “resistance” and called the U.S. a “wild beast.”
One senior cleric, Ahmad Khatami, declared:
“We will break the horn of this wild cow!”
— Ahmad Khatami, Friday Sermon
Another proudly thanked Khamenei for “breaking the pride of the American president.”
That’s not religious rhetoric. That’s jihadist war doctrine dressed in robes.
So again, someone explain to me how this regime is on the verge of “flourishing” or “freedom.” Because from where I stand and where I’ve lived, those sermons sound a lot more like preparation for martyrdom and mass destruction.
Trump’s own former allies in Israel are warning that the Islamic Republic is getting stronger, bolder, and more confident about bypassing Western defense systems.
But Washington is still playing diplomat dress-up.
Even Oren, who rarely criticizes Israeli caution, warned:
“Tehran believes it can inflict heavy damage. That belief forced Israel to accept an early ceasefire.”
— Michael Oren
Let that sink in:
Iran was winning by simply surviving and adapting.
They’ve turned war into a learning lab.
And the West is funding the tuition.
Oren ended with a cautious note of optimism: if the cards are played right, the Middle East could look different in two years.
But that “if” depends on something no U.S. leader seems capable of doing:
Calling the Islamic Republic what it is.
Rejecting the lie that diplomacy will tame jihad.
Admitting that peace comes only through strength, and that strength must start with moral clarity.
And that includes Trump.
It’s time to stop pretending Iran is a misunderstood lion waiting to lie down with the lamb.
It’s time to snap out of it, Mr. Trump.
Because the people of America don’t need you to help the regime “flourish.”
They need you to start focusing on America’s strength and stand on the world stage.
Remember “America First”? We do!
The easy way to eliminate the trouble is to blockade the oil shipments. No money means the people rise or starve.
I get enough anti-Trump stories. I certainly didn’t expect it from Front Page Magazine.
Shame on you.
I am very pro-Trump but this is right on target.
Anni is an expert on Iran.
This article is spot on. Jihad has never been, and will never be, defeated by diplomacy.
When official U.S. rhetoric says, “They are weakened,” they are re-arming, re-calibrating, adjusting, and preparing to initiate the next horrific slaughter of innocent Israelis.
Make no mistake, USA – they are already here. As goes Israel, so goes the U.S.A. At least in the mind of Jihad.
Buckle up.
Excellent article. Thanks Anni !!!!!!!
We love you Anni… keep up the good work…
Yeah… I’m not happy with a lot of what Trump is doing either… it could’ve been much worse under Harris/Walz…
But I wonder whop Trump is listening to?
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SNAP/Ebt uprising planned this coming weekend through November…
Yes… we know it’s the islamic loving Dems delaying things for civil unrest… <<< so sad. But be on the lookout if these benefits are paid…
Start by pulling America out of the United Nations and moving the whole lot to Moscow or Beijing without America to finance these war mongers
The UN must be a vast espionage center. That must be one reason it still exists.
The unsayable truth (for now) is that islam must be expelled from Western countries for us to stand a chance of survival.
Diplomacy must always be the first step. Harsher measures usually follow if diplomacy fails, but it must be given a chance as a beginning strategy. President Trump would come under much more severe criticism if a cease-fire and peace were not his first steps. In the meantime, one cannot overlook or ignore the major steps that he has achieved in the middle east, one of the strongest ones is getting Arab nations to sign on to the peace agreement. This article seems to suggest that nothing Trump has done or intends to do will ever be successful. That kind of thinking ignores the positive achievements that Trump has accomplished globally.