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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-886537
Iran's Threat to America
(Jerusalem Post) Zvika Klein - "America First" puts American lives, deterrence, economic security, and credibility at the center of decision-making. Iran is a foreign regime that funds, trains, and arms groups that shoot at Americans. Will Washington respond in a way that reduces future attacks? The Iranian regime's forward arm, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was designated by the U.S. as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2019. The U.S. Treasury describes the IRGC's networks as the financial backbone behind proxy groups and militia operations that threaten Americans. In January 2024, a drone attack hit Tower 22 in Jordan, killing three U.S. service members and wounding 47 others. From October 2023 to June 2025, Iran-backed militias have launched over 216 attacks against U.S. forces, primarily targeting bases in Syria and Iraq using hundreds of drones and missiles. Since then there have been many more of these attacks that have resulted in dozens of injuries. When the Houthis disrupt maritime traffic, Americans feel it at the pump, in prices, and in the cost of keeping sea lanes open. Defense has its place, but it also turns the U.S. into a permanent goalie. Iran gets to take shot after shot. Iran's proxy system has killed Americans. Iran's leaders talk openly about striking U.S. bases. Iran's networks fund and arm groups that force the U.S. to patrol the world. Iran's influence operations aim to widen cracks inside American society. America First calls for a policy that protects Americans with discipline and force where it counts. That can mean a direct campaign against the IRGC. That can mean a step-by-step strategy that fractures the Iranian regime's instruments of control and terror. Either way, the doctrine has to meet the reality in front of it.