War is a bad thing. But there are situations where avoiding an attack is much worse than an attack. This is exactly what is happening now. The Iranian regime threatens not only the countries of the Middle East. It also poses a direct threat to the US itself. Iran is part of the axis of evil. It wants to achieve strategic superiority in the region. Without an attack - the Iranian regime will become much stronger.
Inwardly. This would be a slap in the face to the citizens of Iran, who thought there was a chance to overthrow the oppressive regime. Trump promised them help. And instead of helping citizens seeking freedom, the regime could have reached an agreement that included the lifting of sanctions. Experience proves that the priorities of the ayatollah regime put the citizens at the end of the queue.
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Military buildup and assistance to terrorist affiliates are at the top of the queue. Without the overthrow of the regime, tens of thousands of Iranians will remain in detention. Many of them will be executed. An iron curtain, already partially in place, would have prevented the world from knowing what was really going on there. The chance of change from within would have disappeared.
Without an attack, Iran would have become a regional power. It flexed its muscles, and the world's strongest power folded. It is invincible. The countries of the region would understand that there is a new host. This is also a blow to the Abraham Accords countries. Without an attack, Iran's proxies, the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Jihad, would have been greatly strengthened. Iraq would also have become an extension of the Revolutionary Guards. Iran's appetite would have grown, because if the American armada had remained paralyzed, then the chance of such a concentration of forces in the foreseeable future would be close to zero. Without an attack, Jordan could have been next in line. Two years ago, there were reports, including from ISNA, the Iranian news agency, that Iran intended to arm 12,000 fighters belonging to the "Islamic Resistance," through Hezbollah, in order to overthrow the Jordanian regime.
The elimination of Hezbollah's leadership prevented the plot. Without an attack, the effort would have been renewed. And there would have been no one to save Jordan, which is an ally of the US. Without an attack, Lebanon, which is trying to recover, would have returned to the complete control of Hezbollah. That is, of Iran. And if Hamas had any intentions of reaching a compromise regarding the demilitarization of the Strip - then without an attack - Hamas would have gained Iranian backing. Because affronting the US, with Iranian backing, would have created the new Middle East. The US would have been reduced to the status of a paper tiger. The regional and global implications could have been disastrous. Without an attack, Iran would have strengthened ties with some South American countries, including for the purpose of establishing terrorist centers that would threaten the US.
Even if only some of these predictions were to come true, this would be a devastating outcome, first and foremost for the US as a world power. Under these circumstances, an attack on the regime of terror in Iran is in the US interest - strategic, global and economic.