Desperate times call for desperate measures. And the IRGC may have never faced a situation as desperate as its predicament at the moment.

Yes: The conflict with Iran has gone on longer than Donald Trump anticipated. The shock and awe campaign in March did massive strategic damage, but the regime has managed to survive.

Diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict have gone nowhere.

Trump finally landed on the most rational approach left. The naval blockade has eliminated Iran’s income from black-market oil. Scott Bessent’s economic D-Day has stripped the IRGC of any other financial resources. The Iranian rial has collapsed. Domestic discontent with the regime will keep increasing to existential levels.

The siege of Iran provides the best chance for success in eliminating a regime that has waged war against the US for 47 years. Trump needs to exercise strategic patience to see this strategy to a successful conclusion – and so do the American people.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. And the IRGC may have never faced a situation as desperate as its predicament at the moment.
Yes: The conflict with Iran has gone on longer than Donald Trump anticipated. The shock and awe campaign in March did massive strategic damage, but the regime has managed to survive.
Diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict have gone nowhere.
Trump finally landed on the most rational approach left. The naval blockade has eliminated Iran&rsquo;s income from black-market oil. Scott Bessent&rsquo;s economic D-Day has stripped the IRGC of any other financial resources. The Iranian rial has collapsed. Domestic discontent with the regime will keep increasing to existential levels.
The siege of Iran provides the best chance for success in eliminating a regime that has waged war against the US for 47 years. Trump needs to exercise strategic patience to see this strategy to a successful conclusion &ndash; and so do the American people.

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Ed Morrissey: Strategic Patience in Iran

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As the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, New York Governor Kathy Hochul is among the leftist Democrats who seems to have learned nothing and forgotten everything.

Last week, Hochul visited the Islamic Cultural Center School of New York — whose imam blamed Jews for destroying the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks.

What’s more, Hochul appeared wearing a hijab. Perhaps she thought she was just respecting a religious tradition but she’s dangerously misguided. The hijab is a symbol of female submission, reflecting the view that women’s bodies are sinful and must be covered lest men be tempted.

Our Constitution protects religious liberty, so Muslim women are free to wear hijabs. But it’s ironic and outrageous that left-wing women — who accuse conservatives of plotting a real-life “Handmaid’s Tale” — embrace a symbol of the very female oppression they claim to fear.

As the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, New York Governor Kathy Hochul is among the leftist Democrats who seems to have learned nothing and forgotten everything.
Last week, Hochul visited the Islamic Cultural Center School of New York &mdash; whose imam blamed Jews for destroying the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks.
What&rsquo;s more, Hochul appeared wearing a hijab. Perhaps she thought she was just respecting a religious tradition but she&rsquo;s dangerously misguided. The hijab is a symbol of female submission, reflecting the view that women&rsquo;s bodies are sinful and must be covered lest men be tempted.
Our Constitution protects religious liberty, so Muslim women are free to wear hijabs. But it&rsquo;s ironic and outrageous that left-wing women &mdash; who accuse conservatives of plotting a real-life &ldquo;Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale&rdquo; &mdash; embrace a symbol of the very female oppression they claim to fear.

Carol Platt Liebau: Remembering 911... Forgetting Everything Else

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UPS will not ship human embryos. But it will ship the drug designed to destroy those innocent human lives.

A shareholder proposal asks UPS to examine the legal, regulatory, and reputational risk of distributing abortion drugs, particularly mifepristone.

The company's answer is that a carrier cannot know what is in every package.

UPS ships firearms under dedicated accounts, contractual agreements, shipper verification, adult signature, and direct-delivery rules. It plainly knows how to identify a product category and apply scrutiny when it decides to.

The Comstock Act has been federal law since1873, and bars common carriers from transporting drugs intended to produce abortion. More than twenty states now restrict these drugs, including Georgia, where UPS is headquartered.

Firearms are constitutionally protected.

This shipment of abortion drugs is already addressed by federal statute.

What a strange moral code.

UPS needs to get out of the abortion business.

UPS will not ship human embryos. But it will ship the drug designed to destroy those innocent human lives.
A shareholder proposal asks UPS to examine the legal, regulatory, and reputational risk of distributing abortion drugs, particularly mifepristone.
The company's answer is that a carrier cannot know what is in every package.
UPS ships firearms under dedicated accounts, contractual agreements, shipper verification, adult signature, and direct-delivery rules. It plainly knows how to identify a product category and apply scrutiny when it decides to.
The Comstock Act has been federal law since 1873, and bars common carriers from transporting drugs intended to produce abortion. More than twenty states now restrict these drugs, including Georgia, where UPS is headquartered.
Firearms are constitutionally protected.
This shipment of abortion drugs is already addressed by federal statute.
What a strange moral code.
UPS needs to get out of the abortion business.

Jerry Bowyer: The Package UPS Doesn't Want to Talk About

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The Islamic Republic is reeling as summer closes.

Operation Economic Outcast is squeezing an already flustered and failing regime.

As that regime grows increasingly desperate, there are warnings that Iran may well be considering one or even many “October surprise” attacks on Israel, the United States or anywhere that its weapons or terrorists can reach. America’s military is certainly prepared—but the public ought to be braced, too.

Aging revolutionaries in Tehran whose dreams and fantasies lie in ruins around them are unlikely to surrender power and go quietly into exile.

So: the idea of a grand gesture through suicidal attacks has to appeal to the remnants of the once powerful but now nearly spent regime. Fanatics with nothing to lose pose a specific kind of threat—and it’s not a rational one.

Americans should support Trump, the efforts of Operation Economic Outcast and the military as the Islamic Republic plays out its last few, desperate moves.

The Islamic Republic is reeling as summer closes.
Operation Economic Outcast is squeezing an already flustered and failing regime.
As that regime grows increasingly desperate, there are warnings that Iran may well be considering one or even many &ldquo;October surprise&rdquo; attacks on Israel, the United States or anywhere that its weapons or terrorists can reach. America&rsquo;s military is certainly prepared&mdash;but the public ought to be braced, too.
Aging revolutionaries in Tehran whose dreams and fantasies lie in ruins around them are unlikely to surrender power and go quietly into exile.
So: the idea of a grand gesture through suicidal attacks has to appeal to the remnants of the once powerful but now nearly spent regime. Fanatics with nothing to lose pose a specific kind of threat&mdash;and it&rsquo;s not a rational one.
Americans should support Trump, the efforts of Operation Economic Outcast and the military as the Islamic Republic plays out its last few, desperate moves.

Hugh Hewitt: Watching a Desperate Regime

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Ed Morrissey: Strategic Patience in Iran

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