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America First Policy Institute

Action in Iran would be a global game changer

The Honorable Robert Wilkie February 13, 2026

This article was originally published in The Hill on February 13, 2025. 

Iran has been at war with the U.S. for half a century. Since 1979, six different American presidents have stood by and watched Iran spread terror and mayhem across the globe. Jimmy Carter was wrecked by the hostage crisis, Barack Obama and Joe Biden appeased the ayatollahs by funneling billions of dollars to Tehran. While Washington capitulated, thousands of American soldiers died at the hands of Iran’s dark age theocrats.

The Iranian regime continues to threaten the assassination of President Trump; Israel has been marked for incineration and proxy terror organizations have financed the murder of Jews across the globe.

The time to end this evil is now.

Read the full article in The Hill here

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