By Tommy Acosta
Sedona, AZ – It was belief that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction that led us into war with Iraq.
It’s suspicion that Iran seeks to build a nuclear warhead that has led us into war with them.
As it turned out, Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction.
Will it be the same with Iran?
It really makes no difference. The die is cast. The trigger has been pulled. The bombs have been dropped. Devastation looms over Iran, and they had best capitulate rather than escalate and dance to the drummer’s Trumpian beat.
If Iran is so stupid as to mount an attack against U.S. interests, it would be making the same mistake Hamas did when initiating its Oct. 7 massacre in Israel—a move that led to the total annihilation of Palestine and Gaza.
If they don’t bend to the will of the U.S. and Israel, their leadership will be systematically whittled down until there are no more leaders left in Iran to rule their country.
Trump ain’t fooling around, and the Iranian regime has to know this by now.
They are in a space where there is no room, no choice but to capitulate—and give the West and its allies what they want: the total abandonment of their nuclear ambitions.
Meanwhile, we all sit in front of our devices, waiting for the next shoe to drop. Will Iran blink? Will Trump blink?
And then there is China and Russia, stealth fully sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the U.S. to entangle itself in a morass of chaos and death.
It stands to reason: if Iran doesn’t kneel and dares to retaliate, the leadership will be eliminated—one set after another—until only the army kitchen cook is left to lead.
Worst-case scenario?
Iran attacks one of our Middle East bases and draws us into a ground war of attrition.
When our soldiers begin to die, and the bodies are shipped home, there will be electoral hell to pay for Trump and for those who supported his decision to strike first.
The premise that Iran would have used a nuke if allowed to complete one is flawed.
Could they be that reckless—to set one off in Israel, knowing what would follow?
The U.S. and Israel would rain down a few dozen nukes. There would be nothing left of Iran—and those who once lived there. Iran knows that. They can’t be that stupid not to know so.
What remains? Just those pesky radioactive clouds drifting across the globe—poisoning almost every corner of the Earth. That’s what we’d be left to mop up.
Iran, now known as the most dangerous terrorist country on the planet, likely won’t keep that title for long. Most probably, they’ll buckle at the last minute and heed Trump’s order.
But there’s another nightmare brewing.
What if Russia or China decides to supply Iran with a few dozen hypersonic missiles?
What if those missiles are used to sink U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz?
Let’s say an aircraft carrier or two are taken out—and we trace the origin back to Russia or China?
Now we’re talking about truly apocalyptic consequences: retaliation against not one, but two well-armed, resolute, nuclear powers.
The Iranian leadership—whatever remains of it—must come to grips with this reality.
If they don’t want to suffer the same fate as Gaza and Palestine, they need to play ball.
Their collective national ego may take a hit, sure.
But anything—anything—is better than complete and utter destruction.
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