The Babylon Bee’s satirical headline over the bombing of Iran’s nuclear websites summed it up finest.
It learn: “Obama distraught as Trump bombs cool nuke factories he paid for.”
There’s reality in satire, which is why it really works.
Former President Barack Obama’s appeasing monetary largesse towards Iran paved the way in which for Iran to construct its nuclear and missile supply program that President Trump simply blew off the map.
It appeared that Obama—after which Joe Biden—couldn’t pour sufficient cash into the militant Islamic theocracy to get it to signal on to the JCPOA (Joint Complete Plan of Motion) treaty curbing its nuclear program.
It was a treaty supported by Obama, Biden and the Democrats that Iran ignored because it constructed its capability to launch a nuclear assault on Israel and the US, whereas it financed, armed and educated Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis to unfold terror all through the area.
The fixed Iranian threats of “Loss of life to Israel” and “Loss of life to America” didn’t cease both Obama or Biden from showering Iran with billions of {dollars} to woo the wily and implacable Iranians to the negotiating desk.
The Iranians, below non secular dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, are like Hitler and the Nazis of World Conflict II. They’ll signal something figuring out that they’ll ignore what they signed anyway.
That’s what Iran did with the so-called sanctions that had been put into place below the treaty. They ignored them and obtained wealthy promoting oil to China whereas engaged on their nuclear bombs.
It’s no surprise that Trump tore the JCPOA treaty up in his first administration and bombed Iran in his second.
Trump had Iran on the ropes economically throughout his first administration when he pressured compliance with the sanctions.
“They had been broke,” Trump stated, and will by no means have superior their nuclear program. Then Biden was elected, and the sanctions had been as soon as once more relaxed or ignored and Iran proceeded to absorb billions, which went into its nuclear plan.
The Democrats made Iran wealthy, largely by lifting or ignoring the sanctions, but in addition by different means, like paying for hostages.
Again in 2015, Obama unfroze $150 billion in Iranian funds that the Iranians shortly used to work on their nuclear bomb and missile plans as nicely to finance its terrorist proxies.
In 2016, quite than demand their launch, the ever-amenable Obama paid the Iranians $1.7 billion in money delivered to Tehran for the discharge of 4 People held hostages.
In 2023 alone, whereas Iranian terrorist proxies launched assaults on forty U.S. army installations within the area, Iran took in $80 billion in illicit oil gross sales to China below Biden’s relaxed or ignored sanctions.
As well as, Biden, like Obama, paid Iran $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds in a prisoner swap for the discharge of 5 People held hostage for 5 legal Iranians in U.S. prisons.
The Ayatollah had a great factor going with the Democrats. He performed Obama and Biden like a fiddle.
Then got here Trump and an actual army shock and awe bombing marketing campaign that took the Iranian mullahs and the world unexpectedly.
The Ayatollah threw within the towel and needed a stop hearth.
It was additionally a case of shock and awe for the Democrats—Warren, Markey, Pressley, McGovern, Trahan and their progressive allies within the media—CNN and The New York Occasions—who couldn’t wait to downplay the wonderful accomplishment by the U.S. army and Donald Trump.
Their hatred of Trump is so nice that they appeared to be hoping for a mission failure quite than an American victory.
The following Babylon Bee headline ought to learn: “Democrats distraught as America wins.”
Veteran political reporter Peter Lucas might be reached at peter.lucas@botonherald.com.
