I Agree With The Saudi Royal Family

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

The Jerusalem Post reports, “The solution for Iran is no longer a limited military move, but a large, fundamental change, including the ousting of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a Saudi royal family source told N12 News on Sunday.”  I agree, entirely.  The reasons are manifold.

The President’s stated “red line” was the mullahs killing their own people.  They did it.  They did not just do it, they did it to a level unseen since the Nazi horror roamed Europe.  They did not merely cross the red line, they stepped on it and crushed it and dared the President to do something about it.  No deal can undo that.  No deal can compensate for that.

Any deal that leaves Khamenei and his fanatics in power, even severely weakened, leaves them with the capability to cross that “red line” again.  A massive strike, and perhaps a deal could, theoretically, destroy their ability to be a danger to other states – and that would be a good thing.  But no strike can destroy all of their small arms and the surviving IRGC and Basij could easily roam the country, killing their own citizens just to demonstrate they were not defeated.  They have already shown they have the mentality to do just such a thing.

Anything other than Khamenei’s removal from power means the President did not answer Khamenei’s dare and leaves the President looking weak – and open to the dreaded Obama comparison.  Leaving them alive, even out of power, falls short of justice.

That said, a massive and decisive first strike is necessary to minimize the loss of American, and our allies – especially Israeli, lives.  It takes time to put such a strike together  Assets have to be, and are being, moved into place.  Such a strike requires extensive coordination between our forces and with our allied forces.  In a perfect world, plans should be in place to aid and arm the citizens of Iran that must rise up and take control of their nation.

The last time a president ordered the military to do something and they just started running around willy-nilly to do it, we got Biden’s utterly disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.  That comparison is even worse than the Obama one.  Patience is indeed the order of the day.

The “negotiations” are pointless, and everyone has known it from the beginning.  They are buying time for the initial strike to be organized properly.  There is little to no point in negotiating with a government that cannot be allowed to stand.  Has anyone heard anything in these negotiations that required the mullahs to step down?  I haven’t.  And even if there was, as I have said, allowing them to live falls short of justice.  It is possible the negotiations are more than just buying time.  Perhaps they are part of the President’s “strategic confusion” designed to entice the mullahs to lower their guard to some extent.  Regardless, no one sees a negotiated end to this stand off as being realistic.

The host has proposed that tonight’s State of the Union would be perfect staging to announce the strike.  Indeed it would be.  Israeli media in particular has significantly ticked up discussion of a strike and given its geographical proximity, such could be preparatory.  The vibe from here in East Tennessee is that the strike is imminent.

But even if the strike is not announced tonight, it is necessary  The stakes are too high for anything less.  This president’s place in history depends on it.  Peace in the Middle East depends on it.  Justice depends on it.