There is a ceasefire. And then…?

I regret that I was less aware of the late Charlie Kirk during his lifetime. He was extremely bright and, unlike most others, was willing to actively—and respectfully—engage with people whose worldviews were opposite his own. Think about someone like Tucker Carlson. Everyone he has on his podcast is of a similar mind: Hitler was less bad than Churchill, Israel is evil, Bibi Netanyahu is total evil, Islam is good, Christian Zionists are bad, and Donald Trump is controlled by Jews like Mark Levin. Whether Left or Right, people generally interview those who agree with them on all key issues. The one time Carlson interviewed someone who actually knows how to think, namely, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee in Israel, no less, he looked horribly uncomfortable and dodged challenging points like the five-fold growth of the Christian population in Israel.

The grifters who make their livelihoods tormenting Kirk’s wife wish to claim that the late leader of TPUSA was opposed to the U.S. attacking Iran last year. The truth of his answer was that he trusted Donald Trump and that if he attacked Tehran, it was for the good of the USA. And as we enter an attempted ceasefire, I think that Kirk’s words ring true. Donald Trump has had one overriding goal in dealing with Iran or even speaking about it years before he became president: to end it being a threat to the United States. On that score, the two most dangerous elements of the Iranian regime are its nuclear program and its ballistic missiles. President Trump has been clear that he wants to end both programs and has given the Iranians plenty of opportunities to do so. While he is sympathetic to the long-suffering Iranian people and would like Israel to enjoy real peace, he is focused on the needs of the United........

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