The Iranian Force Built to Defend the Regime Now Faces the Ultimate Test

UANI Senior Advisor Ray Takeyh and Reuel Marc Gerecht in the Wall Street Journal: “Whatever hesitancy kept the Iranian elite from crossing the nuclear threshold has evaporated. They understand now that they wouldn’t be getting bombed if they had the bomb. The Israelis today may be willing to stand sentry in the Gulf, to ‘mow the lawn’ frequently even inside the Islamic Republic. But they lack the resources to police Iran’s far reaches. The regime knows that putting ballistic missiles and a revitalized nuclear program underground works against the Jewish state, which has difficulty in dropping anything bigger than a 5,000-pound bomb. Without an America committed to mowing the Islamic Republic’s lawn, time is on the side of the clerical regime. The great unknown variable is whether its security services will crack when confronted by a future mass uprising. As Mr. Trump intimated in his speech, Iranians will have to do the heavy lifting. If they want their freedom, thousands more are going to die.”