Striking a blow for a safe world
FOR all its sabre-rattling, Iran’s Islamist regime is utterly reeling from US President Donald Trump’s strikes on its nuclear sites.
Thanks to the , Tehran had already seen its terror proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis severely weakened.
no longer holds any influence in and doesn’t even control its own airspace.
Meanwhile, Ayatollah grip on power at home is slipping.
The battering from — pummelling Iran’s three main sites for enriching uranium — may well have completely knocked out its nuclear threat, too.
The only card the mad mullahs have left to play is a threat to close the — a vital shipping lane for the world’s energy.
Those accusing President Trump of war-mongering assert this could drive up oil prices and send shockwaves through the global economy.
But such a gamble would severely hurt — Iran’s biggest oil client — and may also provoke further US strikes.
Trump rightly ignored those who urged him to keep negotiating and let the fundamentalists keep their nuclear ambitions intact.
Instead, Operation Midnight Hammer delivered a stinging message to the world’s tyrants that he is prepared to act when necessary.
It also signalled that there is far more to come should Iran now refuse to co-operate.
Trump has taken a big step toward restoring the US deterrent after the dismal Presidency.
That is very good news for the world.
has struggled to show firm leadership since first decided to and the US said it might join the fight.
In the days leading up to , he was urging “cool heads”; and “de-escalation”;.
That is the standard position of a UK which has entirely lost its way, and whose default position is passivity.
Nevertheless, the Prime Minister did yesterday back the US military action, saying Iran’s nuclear programme was a “grave threat to international security”;.
from having to give permission to use our on the .
Instead, seven flew an incredible 13,600-mile non-stop return trip from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to Iran to deliver their huge payload.
What needs to do now is stand squarely behind the US and Israel, allowing UK forces to help strike down any retaliatory efforts by the Iranians if necessary.
By hugely degrading the threat posed by the hate-filled , Trump and the US have done us all a great favour.
