Secure Freedom Minute: Finish the Job in Iran, Prepare for the Next One in the Pacific

President Trump appropriately responded militarily this week to attacks by the Iranian regime on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The episode underscores, however, what is certain to be repeated by our enemies in Tehran if they remain in power.

The reason is only partly because Iran’s jihadists view a “humiliation ritual” as their strongest weapon for winning by defeating President Trump politically in the looming November midterms.

Another impetus is Iran’s Chinese puppet-master, Xi Jinping, wants the Mideast war to continue as it distracts America from his incremental, but intensifying, efforts to take Taiwan. The latest step tees up a quarantine or blockade as PRC Coast Guard vessels have begun conducting “law enforcement operations” in so-called “Chinese coastal waters” east of the island.

We must finish the job in Iran now, and prepare urgently for the next one in the Pacific.

This is Frank Gaffney.

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