Today, of course, I want to examine the military operation in Iran. It will not surprise any of my followers to learn that I am skeptical of this operation, as I am usually skeptical of military interventions in far-off countries on the other side of the globe. That’s my position, and I’m not going to abandon it now, even as certain segments of the base become inflamed with war fever and demand that the rest of us fall in line. But I am also an American patriot. I love my country, and I want it to succeed. Which means that I am not rooting for this war to be a failure, obviously, nor am I weeping over the poor Iranian regime and its leaders who are now scattered, in many pieces, across the desert sand. Good riddance to them, as far as I’m concerned. You wouldn’t know it based on what you see on social media, especially X over the weekend, but there is actually a lane for people in this camp, my camp. There is a lane for people who are skeptical of military intervention and regime change wars, but also aren’t siding with the Iranian regime and actively rooting for America to fail. Not only does the lane exist in real life, but it’s where, I would estimate, a great majority of normal Americans live. With that in mind, I want to examine this issue as fairly and objectively as I can. One thing we know for sure is that it is never more difficult to recognize the limits of what you know — and to ask honest and good-faith questions about what you don’t know — than it is during a once-in-a-generation war in which millions of lives, including American lives, will potentially be changed. It’s not natural for a political commentator or a politician to admit this, but it’s true. For decades, Democrats have pursued a policy of appeasing Iran, on the theory that money and diplomatic concessions would forestall the development of a nuclear bomb. On the other hand, Republicans have been split between two factions: The neocon “axis of Evil” hardliners who chant “bomb Iran” on the one hand, and the “America First” proponents on the other — many of whom voted for Donald Trump because he promised to keep the United States out of needless regime change wars. America and Israel are currently bombing internal suppression targets all across Iran. The goal is to have the right conditions in place for the Iranian people to overthrow this regime forever. Stand with Iran.pic.twitter.com/nITqsKuSFZ —