The Media and Congress Fiddle as America Burns

For nearly half a century, the United States has watched Iran grow into one of the world’s most persistent threats—arming proxies, killing Americans, destabilizing the Middle East, and inching steadily toward nuclear capability. Every administration, Republican and Democrat, has acknowledged the danger. And yet, decade after decade, Washington has responded with little more than symbolic gestures and recycled strategies.

Now, at the moment when a president finally chooses to confront that threat directly through Operation Epic Fury, much of the American media and a sizable portion of Congress—Democrats and establishment Republicans alike—seem more interested in rooting for political failure than national security success.

Iran’s record is not ambiguous. The regime’s fingerprints are on thousands of American deaths in the Middle East. Its leaders openly oppose the values and freedoms enshrined in our Constitution. For more than 35 years, evidence has shown Iran pursuing technology relevant to nuclear weapons. Every president has known this. Every Congress has admitted it. Yet none acted decisively enough to stop it.

A brief history makes the pattern unmistakable:

• Reagan designated Iran a state sponsor of terrorism.

• Bush Sr. attempted dialogue but pivoted once Iraq invaded Kuwait.

• Clinton expanded sanctions with the Iran–Libya Sanctions Act.

• George W. Bush labeled Iran part of the “Axis of Evil.”

• Obama pursued the controversial JCPOA deal, sending billions while securing few verifiable guarantees.

• Trump withdrew from the JCPOA and ordered the strike on Qasem Soleimani.

• Biden pushed to revive the nuclear deal and released billions in frozen assets.

Fifty years of the same strategy—sanctions, diplomacy, partial pressure—have produced the same result: Iran grows bolder.

And now the consequences are here. Open-border policies spanning multiple administrations have made it easier for hostile actors and sleeper cells to slip into the United States. Meanwhile, Iran continues funding and directing terrorist groups worldwide. These realities are not partisan; they are warnings.

Yet instead of supporting efforts to finally confront this longstanding danger, Washington’s corrupt political class is consumed with its own survival. Many seem to fear that if the president succeeds, their influence may fade and their time will be over, for good. The media, increasingly ideological and openly adversarial, diverts attention from the mission’s success while America’s enemies watch with interest, calculating how divided we truly are.

There is a growing sense—both abroad and at home—that the United States might defeat itself long before any foreign adversary gets the chance. And that fear is not unfounded. Bad actors around the world are waiting to see whether Americans stay home during the midterm elections or disengage out of exhaustion or frustration.

They are counting on our self-destruction.

That is why this moment matters. The stakes are not just geopolitical; they are deeply personal. The freedoms, stability, and national identity we often take for granted are on the line. Now is not the time for apathy. Now is the time to recognize the threat, confront it with clarity, and refuse to surrender our future through inaction. We must support Operation Epic Fury, we must support this president and his accomplishments, our nation and personal freedom depends on it.

Remember America our enemies are watching, China, Russia and The One World Order.