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 may be fact in satire, which is why it really works.
Former President Barack Obama’s appeasing monetary largesse towards Iran paved the best way 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 “Dying to Israel” and “Dying 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, underneath non secular dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, are like Hitler and the Nazis of World Warfare II. They are going to signal something figuring out that they are going to ignore what they signed anyway.
That’s what Iran did with the so-called sanctions that have been put into place underneath the treaty. They ignored them and bought 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 compelled compliance with the sanctions.
“They have been broke,” Trump mentioned, and will by no means have superior their nuclear program. Then Biden was elected, and the sanctions have been as soon as once more relaxed or ignored and Iran proceeded to soak up 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 rapidly used to work on their nuclear bomb and missile plans as effectively to finance its terrorist proxies.
In 2016, moderately 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. navy installations within the area, Iran took in $80 billion in illicit oil gross sales to China underneath 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 very good factor going with the Democrats. He performed Obama and Biden like a fiddle.
Then got here Trump and an actual navy shock and awe bombing marketing campaign that took the Iranian mullahs and the world abruptly.
The Ayatollah threw within the towel and wished 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 Instances—who couldn’t wait to downplay the superb accomplishment by the U.S. navy and Donald Trump.
Their hatred of Trump is so nice that they gave the impression to be hoping for a mission failure moderately than an American victory.
The following Babylon Bee headline ought to learn: “Democrats distraught as America wins.”
Veteran political reporter Peter Lucas will be reached at peter.lucas@botonherald.com.
