Iran has no choice but to continue to retaliate after Israel attacked on 6/12/25. To stop now would be to relinquish control of their country - certainly the country's nuclear and self-defense capabilities - over to Israel, which would be the same as ceasing to exist as an autonomous state. As they dish out punishment, they must accept the prospect of loss.
Attrition is a tried and true strategy in war; it is terrible, but instructive. The United States once based its very existence upon the concept during its "Cold War" with the USSR. The strategy was emblazoned in the acronym: MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction.
When we engage in existential struggle, we must embrace the prospect of loss; otherwise, we are "fighting scared." There is a word for that, too: "That dog won't hunt."
World Order requires consequences for one's actions. You can not slap a man in this world without expecting a slap back. It is that simple expectation that helps establish order. When the world's people hesitate to carry out that human obligation, they concede their timidity, and with it, their position on this planet. They become "nests on the ground."
Headline: TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PRODUCE MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS IN AMERICA.
Interesting. This from a president who tells Iran (before Israel's attack on June 12, 2025): "You have 100 billion barrels of oil reserves. You do not need nuclear power." This from a president who boasts that the U.S. has larger oil reserves than any other nation on earth,
How does a world constantly in search of answers digest such twisted logic from the world's leading power, except incredulity?
It costs 3.7 cents to produce a penny. How, they are about to "wind the penny down." What does it matter if it costs a nickel to make a penny when you can use that one penny 10,000 times?
