CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 16, 2026
AS MANY PRESIDENTS HAVE NOTED THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION THEY MAKE IS HAVING TO SEND AMERICAN FORCES INTO BATTLE. SOME TURN OUT WELL. THAT IS, THEY ADVANCE FREEDOM WHICH IS ALWAYS IN AMERICA’S INTEREST AS WELL AS THE INTERESTS OF THOSE WHO BECOME FREE. SOME DO NOT TURN OUT WELL AND CONDITIONS ARE NOT CHANGED.
AFTER THREATENING ACTION AGAINST IRAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS AT LEAST TEMPORARILY HALTED AN ATTACK ON THE COUNTRY TO HELP LIBERATE ITS PEOPLE FROM THE TYRRANY OF THE DICTATORIAL ISLAMIC REGIME. THOUSANDS, PERHAPS TENS OF THOUSANDS, HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN THE STREETS BY THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. REPORTS ARE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS ORDERED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND OTHER FORCES INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND EVEN CLOSER TO IRAN IN CASE HE GIVES THE GO-AHEAD ATTACK ORDER.
PRESIDENT CARTER HELPED TOPPLE THE SHAH OF IRAN IN THE LATE 70’S AND THE AYATOLLAHS WERE THE RESULT. THESE FANATICS HAVE RULED WITH AN IRON FIST SINCE THEN AND ARE THE NUMBER ONE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM IN THE WORLD. IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAT JUSTIFIES HELPING THE IRANIAN PROTESTORS.
THE QUESTION IS: HOW MUCH SHOULD WE HELP? I’M CAL THOMAS.
