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Trump Talks to NY Post

President Trump defended the war in Iran after the deaths of two GIs in a call with the NY Post yesterday, saying the the troops made the ultimate sacrifice.

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Trump Has ‘Left Instructions’ on What to Do if Iran’s Islamic Regime Assassinates Him

I’m old enough to remember, since it was just a few weeks ago, when President Donald Trump was praising the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and suggesting that since they were so calm and reasonable, as opposed to those whom they had replaced, that regime change had been effectively accomplished, even if the regime still bore the same.

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Khamenei Is Dead. Finish the Regime.

 For forty-seven agonizing years, the ancient and noble land of Iran has lived under the suffocating boot of a brutal theocratic occupation. Today, the supreme architect of that misery, Ali Khamenei, is gone. He is dead, yet the apparatus of terror he left behind – specifically the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the desperate cronies clinging to the fading halls of power – continues to wage a cowardly, bloody war against its own citizens.

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Iran Announces Illegal Strait of Hormuz Closure

Just to be clear, the Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway. It is not under Iran’s jurisdiction. Tehran does not possess the legal authority to unilaterally shut down one of the world’s most important shipping lanes. Any attempt to block or suspend international transit would challenge long-standing principles of freedom of navigation and disrupt global commerce.

The United States and most maritime powers maintain that the right of transit passage reflects customary international law. Despite that legal disagreement, the dominant international view is that Iran cannot lawfully close the Strait to international navigation.

No nation has the right to recognize Iran’s illegal seizure of the Strait.