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The past two weeks have shown that the world is no longer content to watch from the sidelines while tyrants plot in the dark. United States and Israeli forces launched a coordinated campaign of airstrikes into Iran beginning on February 28, 2026, striking military sites across Tehran and other cities in an effort to degrade the regime’s command-and-control and strategic capabilities.
Those strikes have not been soft nor surgical; fuel depots, refining facilities, and facilities tied to Iran’s military logistics have been hit hard, and reports of civilian casualties and damaged schools have tragically followed in the chaos that a regime like Tehran breeds. News outlets are documenting extensive smoke and destruction across Iranian cities, underscoring the brutal calculus of striking a state that hides war materiel among civilian infrastructure.
Iran’s response has been predictably furious and region-wide, launching waves of ballistic missiles, drones, and attacks on commercial shipping and Gulf infrastructure, even hitting Dubai International Airport and vessels in the Persian Gulf. This is escalation by design from a regime that long ago chose to weaponize its own people and the region to shield its ambitions.
At the same time, diplomatic pressure has surfaced in Washington urging limits on the campaign, with administration channels reportedly asking Israeli leaders to refrain from striking certain energy infrastructure targets. Those entreaties may come from a desire to manage global markets and alliances, but they risk giving Tehran breathing room to rebuild and to exploit international squeamishness.
Conservative commentators have been right to frame this as about more than pipelines or missiles; many see a moral and spiritual dimension to the confrontation, a struggle between regimes that prey on their own people and democracies that still prize liberty and human dignity. Whether one calls it spiritual warfare or moral clarity, the essential point stands: we face an adversary that uses terror, proxies, and repression as instruments of power—and that reality demands more than timid conduct.
Militarily, U.S. commanders say the campaign has achieved degrees of freedom to strike deep into Iranian defenses while suppressing large portions of Tehran’s missile and drone fire, and officials warn that operations may intensify to prevent Iran from ever returning to its previous posture. If policy makers want a true end to the threat, they must match words with decisive strategy, support partners who stand for freedom, and ensure our forces and allies have the backing they need to finish the job.
