Shane Schaetzel †☧ (@RealClearCatholic)

And this is why I opposed the war in the first place. The Iranian regime will never surrender. They can only be exterminated by the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds, leaving Iran in the Stone Age. And then, the only way to secure oil shipping is through American conquest. We can take it handily, but we’ll be defending it indefinitely. What a waste of blood, time and money. https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-iran-hormuz/2026/08/14/id/1266161/