It’s easy for people who are not in a war zone declare themselves to be simply “anti-war”, but as Emily Schrader points out, this stance insinuates that the alternative is to be “pro-war”, which is obviously a false dichotomy. This foolishly imagines if Israel stopped fighting that their enemies would stop too. In the case of Iran, the Islamic regime has been promising for more than 20 years to wipe Israel off the map, and regularly chant “Death to Israel! Death to America!” They mean it. There’s solid evidence that they were well on their way to carrying out their threats with no intention of stopping.

Iran has declared Israel is a “one bomb country” and they’re right: One nuclear bomb would wipe Israel off the map. It would also wipe the Palestinians off the map at the same time.

The potential loss of life in such an event would be far greater than destroying the regime’s ability to carry it out. However, blocking the genocidal ambitions of the Ayatollahs is difficult, dangerous, and takes a lot of courage. Dealing with evil is always costly, and those who are on the front lines sometimes have to see and do some horrible things so everyone else can sleep in peace. Evil regimes don’t respond to rational negotiations, and to assume that they will is naïve. Of course we’d all prefer peace, but people like Hitler, the Ayatollahs, and others who have called for the destruction of Israel generally don’t agree to “just stop”. They have to be stopped. With force. It’s an unpleasant reality of this world that must be faced.

Unfortunately, evil exists

One of the ideas that helps forge the bizarre alliance between the radical left with militant Islam is the refusal to accept that the goals of the Islamic regime are truly evil. For jihadists wiping every Jew out of existence is a laudable goal, whereas leftists seem to be reluctant to admit that evil exists at all. But Iran’s cruel leaders aren’t misunderstood victims responding to oppression, they’re driven by a genocidal apocalyptic worldview that necessitates the death of every Jew on earth. Moreover, they have been brutally butchering and oppressing their own people for over 40 years. The evil is real, and dealing with it is not for the faint-hearted.

“Appeasement emboldens those who are truly evil,” Emily Schrader argues. “It’s not an honorable position, it’s cowardice. And furthermore, it’s ignorant and naïve when faced with actual evil.”

“Evil regimes aren’t disarmed by TED talks,” says Schrader. “They’re stopped when people are willing to pay the price for freedom… Sometimes someone has to do the hard thing.”

“When unchecked and with unlimited power evil people will do evil things… a price must be paid for the protection of human rights and the restoration of liberty, especially in the case of Iran,” she says, and imagining otherwise is “a fantastical emotionally rooted notion with zero basis in reality that ignores human nature and the fact that in this world there are bad people who cannot be reasoned with, and the use of force is sometimes necessary.”

“Acknowledging reality doesn’t make one a warmonger, it makes you an adult, and standing up to evil doesn’t mean you like war. It means that you value peace enough to fight for it,” Emily rightly says, asking, “Are you honestly under the impression that Israelis want war?”

Of course not.

What is actually happening in Iran?

Israel has been aware of the nuclear program in Iran for a long time, and also painfully aware that as the number one sponsor of terrorism in the world, Iran was directly behind the October 7 massacre at the hands of Hamas, an Iranian proxy, as well as all the attacks from Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen. When Israel struck Iran it wasn’t really hitting first — the strike came in the middle of a long conflict on multiple fronts with Iran at the head. Moreover, you can see from the charts below that Israel has been specifically striking military targets to prevent further attacks, where as Iran has been deliberately hitting civilians, over and over again. This is in line with their stated aims, calling for the death of all of Israel.

God loves life, not death

Israel would far rather live in peace with everyone, but having come through the Holocaust, the Jewish people take genocidal threats seriously. There’s no way Israel will let it happen again.

Iran calls for death to Israel, but Israel doesn’t call for death to Iran in response — we simply say “Am Israel Chai!” The people of Israel live! This is our declaration and our determined response. It’s a cry for life, not death.

Sometimes destruction can preserve life, and is, in the end, the right thing to do. Eliminating a terrorist on the rampage or destroying weapons are two examples of destruction which leads to peace. Israel’s actions, and those of the US, are carefully calculated to prevent mass murder and preserve life as much as possible. The end goal is peace. Far more innocent people would die if the Iranian regime were left to carry out their diabolical schemes.

When you look at the map you can see the comparative size of our countries: Israel has a tenth of the population and a tiny fraction of the real estate. The whole of Israel, together with the West Bank and Gaza, would be under threat together if a nuclear weapon were used to “wipe out the Jews”. Israel’s action to prevent a nuclear threat is protecting all the people in the area who would meet the same fate. Israel has nothing to gain by attacking Iran except the ability to defend civilians from the nuclear threat.

 

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