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There's No Solution in Gaza or the Red Sea until Iran Is Contained
(Telegraph-UK) Col. Tim Collins - The Iranian mullahs must be disabused of the notion that war is a viable pathway for them by a strong and coherent international response led by the U.S. Iran has a long history of directing its coalition of the damned, carefully constructed by the late Major General Qassim Soleimani, against the West, to achieve Iran's revolutionary aims across the Middle East. The Houthi rebels, Shia tribesmen from Yemen, are part of Iran's al-Quds Force network of subversive groups. It also includes Hizbullah in Lebanon, the Popular Mobilization militias in Iraq, the regime forces of Syria, and Hamas, until lately in control of Gaza. It is time to raise our collective gaze to the real cause of the attacks: Iran. Iran acts directly as well as through its proxies, boarding and seizing ships not only close to its coast in the Strait of Hormuz but further afield as well, most recently in the Gulf of Oman. The international community must present a course of action toward Iran aimed at curtailing its activities and those of its proxies. It would be a waste of time to do this through the UN. Only once Iran is contained can we get back to finding a solution to the conflict in Gaza without a gun to our heads. Col. Tim Collins is a former British Army officer who served with the SAS and as commander of the Royal Irish Regiment during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.