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President Donald Trump had a "ceasefire" brokered by the emir of Qatar for Iran to stop firing their missiles at Israel, which would enable the latter to stop fighting as well. But seriously, as bad as it's been that Iran would fire at Israel, and has cost innocent lives, is that what we're really after? The op-ed says:

This leaves us at FrontPageMag wondering: Does this mean that the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism can get back to its business of terror? Will the terror regime cease and desist from its chants of “Death to America” — and renounce its ideology of our nation being the “Big Satan” and Israel the “Little Satan”? And what happens when Iran goes back to its terror business?

Finally, is the world simply going to stand by and observe the Iranian tyrants continue torturing their own people?

Islamic law stipulates that Muslim forces do not ask for a truce unless they are losing and need time to gather strength so that they can fight again more effectively later. A ceasefire with Muslim terrorists just allows them to regroup for the next war. What guarantee is there or could there possibly be that the Islamic Republic will not continue pursuing its goals of destroying Israel and America as well?

And how does all of this fit with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi warning the West, on Monday morning, against throwing the Iranian regime a lifeline, stressing that doing so would cause more bloodshed and chaos?

Those are solid points right there. Also note that just shortly after the announcement, Iran fired more missiles at Israel, and one cost 5 lives in Be'er Sheva. That it was ostensibly a "safe" room didn't avail.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will respond to any violations, but what really matters is if the ayatollah regime can be brought down, and again, is the western public really going to turn their backs upon what sadism could be inflicted upon innocent people in Iran, if the dictatorship continues? Well that's exactly what's disturbing to think about, and it can't be overlooked or ignored.

Update: and now, at 10:30am, after the time the "ceasefire" was supposed to have taken place, it was violated with at least one more missile:

Sirens sounded across northern Israel shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, after Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Israeli territory.

The IDF called on the public to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command and stated that the IAF was operating to intercept and strike where necessary to eliminate the threat.

The missile was assumed to have been intercepted; no injuries or fallen projectiles were reported.

The launch came three and a half hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran went into effect.

Minister of Defense Israel Katz condemned the violation of the ceasefire and stated: "In light of Iran's blatant violation of the ceasefire declared by the President of the United States, and the launch of missiles toward Israel—and in accordance with the Israeli government's policy to respond forcefully to any violation—I have instructed the IDF, in coordination with the Prime Minister, to continue the intensified strike operations in Tehran, targeting regime assets and terrorist infrastructure in the city. This follows the actions carried out yesterday."

Undoubtably, more action will be required in Tehran itself, to destroy all government infrastructure there, if that's what helps take down the mullah regime, and Khameini should be punished for his own part in the evils too. Here's more on the latest news.

Update 2: this is very unpleasant to discover Trump resorted to moral equivalence:

Allegations Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel early Tuesday morning more than two hours after the ceasefire began, which Tehran denied even as Israel announced a response, has drawn criticism of both parties by President Donald Trump.

[...] Now Trump has intervened, saying both Israel and Iran violated ceasefire terms with attacks following an early Tuesday deadline to cease hostilities, declaring “they both don’t know what the fuck they are doing.”

Trump made the comments to reporters at the White House before departing for the NATO summit at The Hague. He expressed disappointment about the continued attacks, adding he did not like that Israel had “unloaded” right after they agreed to end hostilities.

“They violated it but Israel violated it too,” Trump said. He added, ”I’m not happy with Israel.”

Trump further ordered Israel to cease and desist with its response, using his social media outlet Truth Social to deliver the message.

Well this is very disturbing, because moral equivalence is one of the most dangerous tactics of the modern world, and it reminds me that recently, Trump got India to refrain from going to war with Pakistan, even after a terrorist attack that resulted in several people murdered. This does a terrible disfavor to Israeli victims, and implies Israel is not allowed to take penalizing measures against Iran, even after a ceasefire violation, and the same can be said about how Trump handled the India issue. This is very troubling, and it'll remain to be seen how Netanyahu intends to discuss this going forward.

Update 3: Netanyahu may have agreed with Trump, but sought to set the record straight on the issue. And a valid point can be made that Trump's not doing the right thing by letting Iran's attack on a USA base in Qatar go without severe response.

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