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America needs to wake up to what Fred Fleitz bluntly told Newsmax: the Iranian regime is fraying from the inside, and those fractures will make any honest negotiation far harder to pull off. Fleitz, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council staffer, warned that rival centers of power — from the presidency and clerical apparatus to the Revolutionary Guard — are pulling in different directions, undercutting Tehran’s ability to credibly bargain.
The regime’s recent moves, including the controversial elevation of Mojtaba Khamenei, read less like a concession and more like an act of defiance by the hardliners who answer to the IRGC. Fleitz rightly flagged this as a message from the Guard that they intend to stay radical and in control, making the “moderate” face of Tehran less meaningful in any talks.
Americans should take comfort that the White House is not negotiating from a position of weakness; Fleitz emphasized that U.S. troop movements — Marines, paratroopers, and special forces — are being used deliberately to increase leverage and avoid a ground invasion while pressing Tehran to the table. Standing firm, not moralizing, gives our diplomats real options and forces the mullahs to weigh costs instead of posture.
That buildup is not theoretical. Thousands of U.S. paratroopers and Marine forces have been dispatched to the region in recent weeks, a clear signal that Washington means business and will back diplomacy with force if necessary. This is exactly the kind of decisive posture that breaks the regime’s calculations and protects global commerce through places like the Strait of Hormuz.
Let’s be blunt: dealing with a fractured, brutal regime that prosecutes its own people and props up terrorism across the Middle East is not a job for sentimentalists or appeasers. Fleitz is right to say Tehran may “want an end” privately while lying publicly — which is why any deal must be backed by verifiable enforcement and an American willingness to use overwhelming power if the mullahs cheat.
Patriots should demand one thing: strength with a purpose. Support our troops, back a President who pairs diplomacy with deterrence, and don’t be fooled by talk of easy bargains with a regime that has shown it answers to guns and ideology, not treaties. The safer, freer world Americans want depends on holding the line until Iran’s rulers either change their behavior or are changed by their own people — and we must stand with the brave Iranians who want liberty, not with clerics who want chaos.
