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Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie made it plain on Saturday that the United States is squeezing Iran where it hurts most: economically, and that leverage is working. Speaking on “Saturday Agenda,” Wilkie argued that sustained sanctions and pressure — not wishful diplomacy — are driving Tehran toward weakness, a development patriots should welcome.
Joined by retired Adm. Robert Harward, Wilkie and his colleagues laid out a sober assessment of the current U.S.-Iran confrontation, noting that Washington has moved away from sending envoys and is leaning into harder tools of statecraft. That shift reflects clear-eyed leadership: when tyrants brutalize their own people and threaten regional stability, economic chokeholds and targeted measures are the right response.
Wilkie went further, insisting that America’s objectives must be decisive — the disarmament of the Islamic Republic, the end of support for proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah, and the elimination of its ballistic missile capability. This isn’t warmongering; it’s the sober pursuit of lasting security for our allies and for American families who deserve to sleep without fearing another Iran-backed strike.
The former undersecretary also warned that the U.S. is prepared to take even more forceful action if Iran doubles down on killing protesters or attacking innocents, including the possibility of precision strikes against regime leadership. That clear ultimatum is precisely what’s needed to deter further bloodshed and to remind Tehran that its brutality carries real consequences.
All of this follows a backdrop of extraordinary unrest inside Iran, which Wilkie and others described as the weakest point for the regime in decades amid reports of mass casualties and nationwide protests. For conservatives who believe in liberty and in standing with the oppressed, there is no moral ambiguity: we must keep the pressure on until the ayatollahs can no longer bankroll terrorism or crush their own people.
Other commentators have pointed to a naval blockade and tighter economic measures strangling Iran’s ability to fund malign activity, and Wilkie’s warning echoes that strategy: choke the regime’s finances, seize its avenues for violence, and back freedom for Iranians. Americans should demand that our leaders maintain this course — robust, principled, and unafraid — because the alternative is appeasement and the steady erosion of American strength abroad.
