“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.”

That’s a quote often attributed (perhaps incorrectly) to Vladimir Lenin — but whoever said it first, it’s certainly true of the last week or so.

Just look at the headlines. 

In Iran, the mullahs who have ruled since 1979 are collapsing in the face of widespread popular revolt. 

For nearly all of the 47 years since Jimmy Carter allowed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to take power in the fallacious belief that it would somehow advance the cause of human rights, Iran has been a major rival to the United States in the region and around the world.

The theocracy has been a source of headaches and humiliation as various administrations tried to manage the problem with techniques ranging from cakes baked in the shape of a key (Ronald Reagan) to palletloads of cash (Barack Obama). 

Now even Democratic politicians are condemning the mullahs’ regime, which tells you how they think it’s going to turn out.  

In Venezuela, dictator Nicolás Maduro was removed from power, and from his country, by US special forces deployed by President Trump.

The stealthy American lightning raid that snatched him from........

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