CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 22, 2026
I HATE TO BRING UP ADOLPH HITLER AGAIN WHO HAS BEEN USED BY THE LEFT TO SMEAR CONSERVATIVES AND PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ON VIRTUALLY EVERY OCCASION.
BUT WHAT IF HITLER (AND JAPAN, TOO) HAD NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY DEFEATED IN WORLD WAR II? THE WORLD WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PLACE.
WHICH BEINGS BE BACK TO IRAN AND THE SO-CALLED “MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.” WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT VANCE ARE HAILING THE DEAL. SO ARE THE IRANIAN LEADERS, BUT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
HASSAN KHOMEINI, A GRANDSON OF THE FIRST IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER, HAS HAILED THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AS A “MAJOR VICTORY” FOR TEHRAN. HE PROMISED WHAT HE CALLED “THE GREATER JIHAD” WILL NOW BEGIN. THIS, ACCORDING TO A SPEECH AIRED BY IRANIAN STATE MEDIA.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? THE GREATER JIHAD. FOR THE U.S. THIS COULD BE CALLED A MEMO OF MIS-UNDERSTANDING. THE MULLAHS, WHO ARE DRIVEN BY RELIGIOUS FANATICISM, HAVE NO INTENTION OF SURRENDERING THEIR POWER. WE ARE DELUDING OURSELVES IF WE THINK THEY WILL. I’M CAL THOMAS.