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.
Author - Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, broadcaster and author, writes a weekly column for JNS. Currently a columnist for The Times of London, her personal and political memoir Guardian Angel has been published by Bombardier, which also published her first novel, The Legacy. Go to melaniephillips.substack.com to access her work.
More articles from Melanie Phillips
The war with Iran is clarifying who is for civilization against barbarism—and who is not.
The war against Iran may defeat the axis of evil—and put America and Israel at the head of a new world order.
It seems, though, that nothing can be allowed to challenge the narrative of heartless Israelis and wretched Palestinians.
The proper response to this war against a people is not to deflect it, but to fight it better.
Qatar represents the Jeffrey Epstein of world politics.
A Caesar in the White House
The old world order is dead because Western universalists destroyed it.
The high stakes in Iran
Ending the Islamic regime in Tehran would help reset the West’s moral compass.
The terrible fact is that conscience in the West has become harnessed to absolute evil.
The twin causes of Palestinianism and human rights have destroyed the West’s moral compass.
