(JNS) While Israel and the United States of America are obliterating the Iranian leadership and targeting the Iranian regime head on, the response has been an embarrassment for Iran. We may actually have discovered that the “head of the snake,” the regime that has financed much of the world’s terrorism over the past half-century, is, in fact, a paper tiger. The absurd threats from its leaders about an imminent retaliation resemble a small dog barking from behind a fence, only to run back to its corner the moment the gate is opened.
It is important, of course, to distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. The people are determined and just in their struggle against the dictatorship that rules them. Israelis long for the day when peace between the two countries can be restored. There is no inherent hatred or hostility between them. Indeed, the Iranian public, often portrayed as weak and submissive before the violence of the totalitarian regime, has shown remarkable courage in continuing to resist it.
One can only hope that the leadership that...
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