I lie in bed listening to our fighter jets fly out to Iran, and the gap between inside and outside the home never felt greater.

Outside my home, historic, world-altering events are taking place even as I write.

The Iranian regime, which cast its shadow of death and terrorism across the region and the world since the 1970s, is falling apart.

Its leader, who oversaw the slaughter of tens of thousands of Iranians in the very recent past, is dead.

The heart of the murderous network that darkened the lives of Iranians, Israelis, and other Middle Easterners for too long is finally, finally, exposed and vulnerable.

The Iranian people have an opportunity to forge a new and freer future for themselves.

The rest of us have an opportunity to discover what kind of Middle East we can share without the Iranian regime’s pernicious and systematic hatred fueling terrorism, proxies and brainwashing throughout the........

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