Last week, an attacker attempted to assassinate author Salman Rushdie.  The attacker claimed to have been carrying out the wishes of the Iranian regime, which has had a bounty on Rushdie’s head for many years.  The assault occurred a week after a gunman had been arrested outside the house of Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn. Alinejad has been a fierce critic of the Iranian regime, and the Ayatollah has long sought to silence her as well.  And of course, there have been numerous plots and calls to assassinate American officials who have drawn the regime’s ire – including myself. These things should not surprise us, of course – the Iranian regime is behaving exactly as we in the Trump Administration described it: a rogue, radical Islamic regime that seeks to inflict its evil on the world.

In normal circumstances, these attacks would be the impetus for harsh action by the U.S. government.  We aren’t just talking about sanctions – we’re also talking about covert actions.  It would be the goal of any responsible Administration to send a clear message to the thugs in Tehran that no American can be threatened without serious reprisal.  You have to make your enemies pay when they go after your people.

Unfortunately, we are not living in normal circumstances.  The Biden Administration, in its blind and dangerous devotion to reviving the failed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, continues to play footsie with a regime that is actively trying to murder American citizens on American soil.  It’s unconscionable.

First, this continues to put the American people at risk of attack. Anyone who criticizes the regime in Tehran seems to be fair game, and it is obvious that the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) does not fear American reprisal the way it did under the Trump Administration.  The reason for this is clear – when the IRGC was planning to kill Americans, we took out its leader, Qassem Soleimani.  This sent a clear message of strength to the regime and established deterrence, making Americans everywhere safer. The Biden Administration seems intent on rewarding the regime for its malfeasance by continuing negotiations.

Second, by continuing to negotiate with the Iranian regime despite its continued attacks on Americans, the Biden Administration sends a clear message of weakness to America’s adversaries.  This is in keeping with a pattern Team Biden has established throughout its tenure.  When the Taliban ignored the constraints of the Afghanistan withdrawal plan, the Biden Administration failed to impose costs.  When Russian hackers hit the Colonial Pipeline, Biden responded by telling Putin that only certain targets were off-limits.  When the U.S. Embassy in Yemen was attacked by Iran-backed Houthi rebels and American personnel were taken hostage, all we heard from Team Biden were strong condemnations.  Days later, U.S. envoy for Iran Robert Malley embarked on a trip across the region to convince our partners that renegotiating the JCPOA was the right path forward. The absurd heights to which the Biden Administration will go to appease the regime in Tehran are staggering.  It is a risk for all Americans.

That risk is going to loom even larger in a month, when Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will come to New York City to speak to the U.N. General Assembly.  Raisi is a butcher who is most famous for organizing the 1988 Massacre, during which the Iranian regime kidnapped and murdered thousands of dissidents.  Now, as President of Iran, he is the regime’s chief spokesperson and mouthpiece in front of international bodies – like the U.N. – who cannot seem to wake up from their truly bizarre infatuation with the murderous Ayatollah and his thugs.  To be clear: President Biden will allow Raisi and his underlings into the United States, into New York City, even though their assassins just recently attempted to kill an American citizen in that very city.  This is disgraceful.

Our President’s highest responsibility is to keep the American people safe.  That is why the Biden Administration must immediately end negotiations with the Iranian regime and not permit any Iranian officials to enter our country.  Anything less is gross negligence that imperils the safety of the American people.

HD Editor’s Note: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?

Last October, Former Sec. of State Mike Pompeo warned that Israel may be placed in a position where they have no other option but to take military action against Iran due to US weakness under the Biden administration.

“This is the risk of appeasement as you embolden your adversaries,” Pompeo asserted. “Ultimately, they put nations in the place where they’re stuck with only one tool, a military tool. This is not in the best interest of anyone. I pray that we do not force Israel into a really difficult decision one day.”

A nuclear Iran poses the greatest danger to the nation of Israel, which is why the Jewish State under former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposed the dangerous JCPOA so vehemently.

During his trip to the United States in 2015, Netanyahu addressed both Congress and the United Nations to warn of the ramification that the reckless JCPOA would bring.

In his powerful speech to the UN, Netanyahu condemned the deal and explained that it would “un-muzzle” and “unleash” the Islamic Republic as well as fuel its aggression:

This deal doesn’t make peace more likely. By fueling Iran’s aggressions with billions of dollars in sanctions relief, it makes war more likely.

Unleashed and un-muzzled, Iran will go on the prowl, devouring more and more prey. In the wake of the nuclear deal, Iran is spending billions of dollars on weapons and satellites. You think Iran is doing that to advance peace? You think hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief and fat contracts will turn this rapacious tiger into a kitten? If you do, you should think again.

I have long said that the greatest danger facing our world is the coupling of militant Islam with nuclear weapons. And I’m gravely concerned that the nuclear deal with Iran will prove to be the marriage certificate of that unholy union.

Seventy years after the murder of six million Jews, Iran’s rulers promise to destroy my country. Murder my people. And the response from this body, the response from nearly every one of the governments represented here has been absolutely nothing! Utter silence! Deafening silence.

Perhaps you can now understand why Israel is not joining you in celebrating this deal. If Iran’s rulers were working to destroy your countries, perhaps you’d be less enthusiastic about the deal. If Iran’s terror proxies were firing thousands of rockets at your cities, perhaps you’d be more measured in your praise. And if this deal were unleashing a nuclear arms race in your neighborhood, perhaps you’d be more reluctant to celebrate.

[Full Speach Here]

The unwillingness by Biden’s team to restrain Iran, as the former administration under President Trump had done, demonstrates a lack of support for America’s greatest ally in the Middle East. Israel is the nation most chiefly in the crosshairs of an emboldened Iran.

From a Christian perspective, America moving away from the support of Israel is not only a huge slap in the face to a great ally, but it also places the country in direct opposition to God and His hand of Blessing.

In Genesis 12:3, God not only calls all the nations of the world to bless Israel, but He also presents a warning to those nations and people that choose to curse them: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”

In Ezekiel 38, we read of a future war in which a group of nations, including Russia, Iran, Turkey, and others will attempt to invade Israel from the north. We are told that miraculously God intervenes to protect the Jewish State.

What many reading the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 have been perplexed by for decades is the lack of involvement by the United States. Why do they not come to the defense of Israel?

Under former President Trump’s Administration, the idea of Israel coming under the threat of invasion without the United States stepping in, to say the least, would have been unlikely. However, under a new administration that is losing its grip of support for the Jewish State, the stage may be being set for this Biblical prophecy.

Last week, an attacker attempted to assassinate author Salman Rushdie.  The attacker claimed to have been carrying out the wishes of the Iranian regime, which has had a bounty on Rushdie’s head for many years.  The assault occurred a week after a gunman had been arrested outside the house of Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn. Alinejad has been a fierce critic of the Iranian regime, and the Ayatollah has long sought to silence her as well.  And of course, there have been numerous plots and calls to assassinate American officials who have drawn the regime’s ire – including myself. These things should not surprise us, of course – the Iranian regime is behaving exactly as we in the Trump Administration described it: a rogue, radical Islamic regime that seeks to inflict its evil on the world.

In normal circumstances, these attacks would be the impetus for harsh action by the U.S. government.  We aren’t just talking about sanctions – we’re also talking about covert actions.  It would be the goal of any responsible Administration to send a clear message to the thugs in Tehran that no American can be threatened without serious reprisal.  You have to make your enemies pay when they go after your people.

Unfortunately, we are not living in normal circumstances.  The Biden Administration, in its blind and dangerous devotion to reviving the failed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, continues to play footsie with a regime that is actively trying to murder American citizens on American soil.  It’s unconscionable.

First, this continues to put the American people at risk of attack. Anyone who criticizes the regime in Tehran seems to be fair game, and it is obvious that the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) does not fear American reprisal the way it did under the Trump Administration.  The reason for this is clear – when the IRGC was planning to kill Americans, we took out its leader, Qassem Soleimani.  This sent a clear message of strength to the regime and established deterrence, making Americans everywhere safer. The Biden Administration seems intent on rewarding the regime for its malfeasance by continuing negotiations.

Second, by continuing to negotiate with the Iranian regime despite its continued attacks on Americans, the Biden Administration sends a clear message of weakness to America’s adversaries.  This is in keeping with a pattern Team Biden has established throughout its tenure.  When the Taliban ignored the constraints of the Afghanistan withdrawal plan, the Biden Administration failed to impose costs.  When Russian hackers hit the Colonial Pipeline, Biden responded by telling Putin that only certain targets were off-limits.  When the U.S. Embassy in Yemen was attacked by Iran-backed Houthi rebels and American personnel were taken hostage, all we heard from Team Biden were strong condemnations.  Days later, U.S. envoy for Iran Robert Malley embarked on a trip across the region to convince our partners that renegotiating the JCPOA was the right path forward. The absurd heights to which the Biden Administration will go to appease the regime in Tehran are staggering.  It is a risk for all Americans.

That risk is going to loom even larger in a month, when Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will come to New York City to speak to the U.N. General Assembly.  Raisi is a butcher who is most famous for organizing the 1988 Massacre, during which the Iranian regime kidnapped and murdered thousands of dissidents.  Now, as President of Iran, he is the regime’s chief spokesperson and mouthpiece in front of international bodies – like the U.N. – who cannot seem to wake up from their truly bizarre infatuation with the murderous Ayatollah and his thugs.  To be clear: President Biden will allow Raisi and his underlings into the United States, into New York City, even though their assassins just recently attempted to kill an American citizen in that very city.  This is disgraceful.

Our President’s highest responsibility is to keep the American people safe.  That is why the Biden Administration must immediately end negotiations with the Iranian regime and not permit any Iranian officials to enter our country.  Anything less is gross negligence that imperils the safety of the American people.

HD Editor’s Note: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?

Last October, Former Sec. of State Mike Pompeo warned that Israel may be placed in a position where they have no other option but to take military action against Iran due to US weakness under the Biden administration.

“This is the risk of appeasement as you embolden your adversaries,” Pompeo asserted. “Ultimately, they put nations in the place where they’re stuck with only one tool, a military tool. This is not in the best interest of anyone. I pray that we do not force Israel into a really difficult decision one day.”

A nuclear Iran poses the greatest danger to the nation of Israel, which is why the Jewish State under former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposed the dangerous JCPOA so vehemently.

During his trip to the United States in 2015, Netanyahu addressed both Congress and the United Nations to warn of the ramification that the reckless JCPOA would bring.

In his powerful speech to the UN, Netanyahu condemned the deal and explained that it would “un-muzzle” and “unleash” the Islamic Republic as well as fuel its aggression:

This deal doesn’t make peace more likely. By fueling Iran’s aggressions with billions of dollars in sanctions relief, it makes war more likely.

Unleashed and un-muzzled, Iran will go on the prowl, devouring more and more prey. In the wake of the nuclear deal, Iran is spending billions of dollars on weapons and satellites. You think Iran is doing that to advance peace? You think hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief and fat contracts will turn this rapacious tiger into a kitten? If you do, you should think again.

I have long said that the greatest danger facing our world is the coupling of militant Islam with nuclear weapons. And I’m gravely concerned that the nuclear deal with Iran will prove to be the marriage certificate of that unholy union.

Seventy years after the murder of six million Jews, Iran’s rulers promise to destroy my country. Murder my people. And the response from this body, the response from nearly every one of the governments represented here has been absolutely nothing! Utter silence! Deafening silence.

Perhaps you can now understand why Israel is not joining you in celebrating this deal. If Iran’s rulers were working to destroy your countries, perhaps you’d be less enthusiastic about the deal. If Iran’s terror proxies were firing thousands of rockets at your cities, perhaps you’d be more measured in your praise. And if this deal were unleashing a nuclear arms race in your neighborhood, perhaps you’d be more reluctant to celebrate.

[Full Speach Here]

The unwillingness by Biden’s team to restrain Iran, as the former administration under President Trump had done, demonstrates a lack of support for America’s greatest ally in the Middle East. Israel is the nation most chiefly in the crosshairs of an emboldened Iran.

From a Christian perspective, America moving away from the support of Israel is not only a huge slap in the face to a great ally, but it also places the country in direct opposition to God and His hand of Blessing.

In Genesis 12:3, God not only calls all the nations of the world to bless Israel, but He also presents a warning to those nations and people that choose to curse them: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”

In Ezekiel 38, we read of a future war in which a group of nations, including Russia, Iran, Turkey, and others will attempt to invade Israel from the north. We are told that miraculously God intervenes to protect the Jewish State.

What many reading the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 have been perplexed by for decades is the lack of involvement by the United States. Why do they not come to the defense of Israel?

Under former President Trump’s Administration, the idea of Israel coming under the threat of invasion without the United States stepping in, to say the least, would have been unlikely. However, under a new administration that is losing its grip of support for the Jewish State, the stage may be being set for this Biblical prophecy.