CNN and former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes are of the opinion that President Donald Trump, who has chosen the sword over the pen, will get a far worse deal out of the mullahs in Iran than his predecessor, Barack Obama. What did Iran get out of its deal with Obama, you might ask? For 10 years, Iran was sanctions-free, making $500 million a day in petrochemical sales. Thanks to figures like Ben Rhodes, it was like a “bonanza for the Houthis, Hamas, the people in Syria and Iraq that are their proxies, and, of course, Hezbollah,” argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” What did Iran get out of Trump in his first term? Crippling sanctions and a dead Revolutionary Guard leader. What did Iran get out of Trump in his second term? A dead ayatollah, decimated offensive capabilities, and a half-destroyed government begging America to come to the negotiating table.
Ben Rhodes: LOL!
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Victor, Jack & Sami, Trinitas Veritatis. You keep people going in troubled times!
When considering what Iran will be like once the Ayatollahs and the Iranian army relinquish power after the Iranian war of 2026, remember what happened to the Pharisees during and after the Romans destroyed the Jewish temple and started the Jewish diaspora:
After the Temple’s destruction, the Pharisees transformed from one sect among several into the dominant foundation of post Temple Judaism, shifting Jewish practice from Temple centered sacrifice to Torah study, prayer, and law. Their leaders reorganized Jewish religious life at Yavneh, and their teachings ultimately became the Mishnah and the Talmud, the core texts of Rabbinic Judaism.