Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah (Hizbullah) claims to have obtained the six conditions its masters in Tehran are demanding of the United States and Israel for a cessation of hostilities, and they are as crazy as an opium-induced hallucination.
Predictably, the Iranian regime, despite losing so many of its leaders, military ships, and missile stockpiles, is still talking as if it is the victor and can demand whatever surrender terms it desires. Hence, the surrender conditions are all extremely arrogant demands from the United States and Israel rather than offers of reform to the United States and Israel. They include insistence on extradition of Iranian writers who critique the regime and a promise never to strike the Iranian regime again.
It is worth noting that while the Iranian regime is not winning this conflict, it is more fanatical and dedicated ideologically than some American leaders are. The mullahs believe Allah gave them a mission to fight the “great Satan” America, and they will continue to do so until the last regime leader is killed or thrown out of power. That is the sort of enemy we are dealing with, which is why ultimately negotiations can never lead to true peace. After half a century of Iranian regime terrorism, that should be obvious anyway.
But, on to the purported Iranian Islamic regime demands, relayed through Hizbullah's Al-Mayadeen news network and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI):
A guarantee that the war [against Iran's regime] will not recur;
Closure of the American military bases in the region;
Cessation of aggression and payment of reparations to Iran [by Israel and the USA];
Ending the war on all regional fronts [that is, on Iranian terror proxies like Hezbollah];
Implementation of a new legal regime in the Strait of Hormuz;
Prosecution and extradition of anti-Iran media agents [who are in Western nations].
As preposterous as these demands are, they are all of a piece with the usual Iranian regime propaganda. There is a serious problem among Westerners of cultural imperialism, where we assume that other people all have the same basic standards and goals that we do. This is why we have been making the same mistakes over and over with the Muslim world for many decades.
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I think if Americans were to read the sort of threats that Qatari and Iranian media, not to mention all of their terror proxies and media from other hostile nations like China, make on a regular basis, they would be shocked. Most Americans have no idea how many times a month hostile powers fantasize openly about destroying America and wiping out American soldiers.
In fact, since the start of Operation Epic Fury, Iranian officials and media have repeatedly made over-the-top threats and claims. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared the operation “closed the doors of diplomacy forever” and, after repeatedly hitting Israeli civilian targets, promised to show “zero restraint.” Mass murderer and top Iranian security official Ali Larijani, now eliminated, blustered that Trump would be “wiped out” and continued to threaten the president and America up until right before the strike that took his life. Major General Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi of the Khatam-al Anbiya raved, “Iran’s powerful armed forces are proud, victorious and steadfast in defending Iran’s integrity, and this path will continue until complete victory.”
Yes, we are fighting not only a terrorist regime, but a regime run by mentally ill radicals. But they are all the more dangerous, and worthy of elimination, for all that.
