Stopping the Mullahs vs. Getting Them All Set Up
by Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute:
The Biden administration’s policy towards the expansionist regime of Iran has been anchored in appeasement policies, including handing over billions of dollars in a seeming effort to bribe Iran’s mullahs not to cause even further trouble in the Middle East before the US presidential election on November 5, 2024.
Not surprisingly, billions from the West have enabled the Iranian regime to help plan, finance and support, among other aggressions, the invasion of Israel and genocidal massacre of Jews perpetrated by Hamas on October 7. Western money gifted to Iran is also helping the regime advance its nuclear weapons program to near-completion by “a few weeks or less, after which they can make as many bombs as they like.
From the Iranian regime’s dispiriting record of cheating (such as here, here and here), no “deal” will stop them.
The more money the Iranian regime is handed, the more trouble it causes.
The Iranian regime prefers to cause trouble by hiding behind their human-shield proxies such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. This system not only enables the mullahs to claim “plausible deniability;” it also enables others to get killed while the mullahs enjoy kebabs in Tehran.
Thanks to immense largesse from the West — business from Europe, and massive payouts — $150 billion from the Obama administration, and an additional $70 billion from Biden — have enabled Iran’s regime to:
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