President Trump should have ignored Pope Leo’s comments, and non-Catholics should respect the papacy’s symbolism. But treating Iran as morally equivalent to Israel or America is still wrong.

Regarding Iran, at least this administration recognizes that the mullahs bargain in bad faith and weaponize diplomacy.

The history of the Middle East is rarely written by agreements alone, but by power, interests, and decisions made at the right moment.

The president threatens unprecedented strikes if Tehran violates the emerging deal during the two-week truce.

Between military strength and dependence, there is a growing divide between Jerusalem’s strategic objectives and Washington’s political calculations.

Iran may be losing on every conventional battlefield, but unless the regime is finished decisively, survival itself will be sold as victory—and the cost will reach far beyond the Middle East.

Operation Epic Fury was not simply about defending Israel. It was about reversing a regional collapse in deterrence that convinced America’s Gulf allies they could no longer trust Washington to hold Iran in check.

“We’ve won this,” the US president said. “This war has been won.”

“If the war continues on schedule, more or less six to eight weeks, then the U.S. has succeeded beyond the dreams of war planners,” he said. “People don’t appreciate just how great this war is going.”