Hegseth Sends Strong Message to Iran and Houthis: ‘You Will Pay’

Iran supports this lethal terrorist organization in Yemen, which continues to attack American warships in the Red Sea. All while the Trump Administration negotiates with Iran over it’s nuclear program. Now imagine how Iran would behave if they actually possessed a nuclear weapons arsenal. With a nuclear weapons arsenal, Iran would wreak absolute havoc throughout the Middle East and the world. That is because they would believe that they have immunity to any counter measures from the U.S or anyone else. Iran’s nuclear program must be dismantled and destroyed before it’s too late.

Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies: Iran nuclear and sanctions expert @rich_goldberg predicted this moment during the transition: “This is one of the most fundamental decision points President-elect Trump will face, which will determine whether maximum pressure succeeds or fails: He must be willing to tell President Xi that Iran sanctions policy is in a category of its own diplomatically; the U.S. will fully enforce its sanctions no matter where the breadcrumbs of evasion lead inside China. A major enforcement action will likely be necessary to prove to Xi that the American hall pass on Iranian oil imports has come to an end” (X). Hugh Hewitt: If President Trump wants to secure a national security legacy that will never be other than history-changing, the time to do so is fast approaching. President Trump has drawn a ‘red line’ for Iran, the question is whether or not he’ll now enforce it. The Institute for the Study of War recently published a summary of the moment: “Senior Iranian officials are continuing to threaten nuclear weaponization, likely to try to deter a potential US or Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities amid new US threats to strike these facilities….” Trump knows what a disaster it will be if Iran gets nukes (Townhall Review).