Our Role
20th March 2026
I would like to propose that we all agree that American military leadership is not stupid, and that Israeli military leadership is also not stupid. We should all agree they would not undertake any mission without a plan. This should not be a difficult debate. The military does not undertake the mission of going to lunch without 3 contingency plans.
The military leadership knew better than anyone that history is without an example of a regime being brought down solely by air power. They duly informed political leadership of this historical fact, and political leadership instructed them to do the best they could.
Will they succeed? Too soon to say. It is not too soon to say, however, that political opponents sound like morons when they accuse the military of not having “a plan”. They sound like defeatists in proclaiming failure because total regime collapse has not happened in 3 days, 10 days, or 18 days.
Iran is a country twice the size of Texas with 90 million educated, smart people, who have financed a state-of-the-art oppressive regime with billions of dollars from oil sales. Only a cockeyed optimist (such as myself) could believe regime change could ever be achieved. Only a disingenuous idiot would insist that final judgement on the project should be proclaimed after two weeks.
One rule of warfare is keep your plans secret. That also means never tell your plans to the Armchair Generals in Congress.
And never—no, NEVER—tell your plan to a Democrat.