The military strikes President Trump ordered against Iran are a stark reminder of a decades-long geopolitical reality: the stability of the Persian Gulf region is anchored by the resolve of America and the men and women of its military. 

By moving aggressively to neutralize a regime bent on provoking regional instability and destroying Saudi Arabia, its chief rival in the Muslim world, the United States has also demonstrated its commitment to an American-Saudi friendship that has flourished under President Trump.

Indeed, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly engaged in multiple phone calls with President Trump prior to the strikes, warning that Iran would become "more formidable and perilous" if the U.S. failed to neutralize Iranian threats.

This brings us to a painful subject – and a major test of loyalty – involving the Kingdom’s failure to account for an unresolved tragedy that took place in Pensacola six years ago.

In December 2019, a Saudi aviation trainee named Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamrani murdered three of our sailors and injured thirteen others in a shooting rampage at Naval Air........

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