Mr. President, Iran has us dangerously close to World War III. Whatever decisions you make with regard to Iran and Israel must be put in perspective and completely understood. Along with making the decisions, it is equally important that we-the-people are knowledgeable enough to understand why you are doing what you are doing.
The intent of the following information is to provide a blueprint for your speech writers. This is also time sensitive; providing the information after-the-fact is of no value.
Mr. President, you must understand the reality in our country is that whatever you decide to do, you will be opposed by oppressive, ignorant media even if they know you are correct; by those under the age of thirty just because they have demonstrated they have almost zero knowledge of recent history or accurate understanding of current foreign affairs; and by Democrats in general and especially Democrat leaders who just do not want you to get a win, no matter if it is in the best interest of all Americans and the world.
Hear are some of the irrefutable facts they should hear directly from you and understand.
UNINFORMED AMERICANS:
Anti-Israel, pro-Hamas/pro-Palestine university students and college professors have been demonstrating on campuses across America with help from all democrats and our media. They believe Israel is the aggressor when their entire existence as a nation has been one of defense.
How does one defend Hammas’ actions when on 7 October 2023 they attacked Israel brutally killing about 1,300 mostly civilians and taking 251 hostages.
Wikipedia: “Since 2001, Palestinian militants have launched tens of thousands of rockets and missiles from the Gaza Strip as part of the continuing Israel-Palestinian conflict. The attacks, widely condemned for targeting civilians, have been described as terrorism by the United Nations, the European Union and the Israeli officials and are defined as war crimes by human rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Hamas attacks: In the first year of the Hamas invasion, they killed 728 Israeli Defense Force IDF troops and fired over 26,000 rockets and missiles into Israel, mostly at civilian targets. The IDF has killed an estimated 17,000 terrorist operatives in Gaza.
Hezbollah invades: The following day, on 8 October 2023 Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon at the Israeli northern border attacked with artillery, rockets and missiles. In the first year of the war, they fired over 8,000 rockets into Israel at civilians displacing nearly 100,000 Israelis from their homes.
By November, 2024 the IDF had counter attacked and defeated Hezbollah.
Iran attacks: During April, 2024, Iran also attacked Israel with 170 drones and more that 120 ballistic missiles into Israel.
Houthis attack. During the latter half of 2024 and into 2025 the terrorist group Houthis located in Yemen have attacked Israel civilian targets with missiles and drones. The Houthis’ slogan calls for, “Death to America, Death to Israel.” More on that popular assertion later.
In spite of the above facts, there are at least thousands of you Americans who are speaking out and demonstrating for terrorists and against Israel.
ISRAEL’S HISTORY OF DEFENSE:
In 1947 the United Nations voted to partition the Eastern Mediterranean Sea region into separate Jewish and Arab states. The State of Israel was proclaimed in 1948, and Egypt, Transjordan (later Jordan), Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq immediately declared war on it. Israel won that war as well as the 1967 Six-Day War.
Another war with its Arab neighbors followed in 1973. Peace negotiations between Israel and the Arab states and Palestinians began in 1991. Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO agreed in 1993 to a five-year plan to extend self-government to the Palestinians of the occupied territories. Israel signed a peace treaty with Jordan in 1994.
Israeli soldiers and a Lebanese militia, Hezbollah, clashed throughout the 1990s. In an effort to stem the fighting, Israel in 2005 withdrew its soldiers and settlers from parts of the West Bank and from all of the Gaza Strip, which came under Palestinian control. In 2006 a Hezbollah operation against Israel resulted in a month-long war in Lebanon.
The peace process between Israel and the Palestinians came to a near halt during most of the 2010s, and tension between Hamas Terrorists, who took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, and Israel escalated to open fighting several times between 2012 and 2021. Hamas Terrorists began the war on 7 October 2023 that killed more than 1,200 people, primarily Israeli citizens, making it the deadliest day for Israel since its independence.
THE IRAN REGIME:
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi took over Iran in 1941. He ruled until the Iranian Revolution in 1979 when the Shah was forced to leave Iran on 16 January 1979. Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile and officially seized power on 11 February. In March Iran became an Islamic Republic. The Constitution then adopted invested ultimate power in Khomeini which led to the establishment of the Islamic Republic which exists today. The revolutionary Muslim clerics were led by Ayatollah Khomeini.
The second leader of Iran, present-day Khamenei, has led since 1989, 36 years. As Supreme Leader he has either direct or indirect control over the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, as well as the military and media. All candidates for the Assembly of Experts, the Presidency and the Parliament are vetted by the Guardian Council whose members are selected directly by the Supreme Leader.
Khamenei is hated by a large segment of his population. Major protests have been put down by his military in 1994, 1999 student protests, the 2009 presidential election protests, the 2011-2012 general elections, 2017-2018 general strikes, the 2019-2022 general protests. It is not unusual for journalists and bloggers to be imprisoned for insulting Khamenei or for women improperly wearing their head dress.
“DEATH TO AMERICA” AND “DEATH TO/DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL”
On 4 November 1979, when Iranians seized the U.S. Embassy, they surrounded the embassy shouting “death to America.” When the embassy prisoners were released on 20 January 1981, students formed parallel lines and shouted “death to America as they departed.
Throughout the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran the slogan has formed a pillar of their values. It is regularly chanted at Friday prayers and other public events, often accompanied by burning of the U.S. flag. In 1987 leaders declared the anniversary of the U.S. Embassy seizure a national holiday called “Death to America Day.”
“Destruction of Israel” chant and burning of Israeli flags has for years been a part of the Islamic Republic anniversary since 1979 as well as being an important part of what Iran is attempting to do to Israel this week with their 3,000 missiles.
THE UNITED NATIONS:
Their mission is, “The maintenance of international peace and security.” That is also the mission of the all-powerful UN Security Council.
We have to face the fact that the UN has been and continues to be a massive, expensive, bureaucratic disorganized failure.
Had they been active and successful in their mission to maintain international peace and security, we would not have had the Khamenei Regime in power for nearly the last four decades. We would not have had Israel invaded almost continuously over the past four decades.
A NUCLEAR IRAN:
The UN nuclear watchdog, known as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is responsible for promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy and preventing its miliary use including nuclear weapons. It exists to monitor nuclear programs and ensures compliance with international safeguards to verify that nuclear materials are not diverted for military purposes.
The U.S. signed on to the 2015 Nuclear Deal with Iran in which all nuclear activity was to be “exclusively peaceful.” OK so far. Then the UN’s IAEA was refused entry into the nuclear facilities by Iran to inspect their process, purpose and expected completion date. And the UN let them get away with it.
This is another 100% failure on the UN’s part. They just didn’t make the inspections happen.
IRAN’S FRIENDS:
RUSSIA: While it is clear Iran and Russia do not have a formal specific defense assistance agreement, their 2025 treaty requires the two nations to exchange information, hold joint military exercises and “ensure regional security. “
CHINA:
Through strategic military agreements and joint exercises, Iran and China are cementing their ties amid rising tensions with Western nations
Iran, Russia and Chin naval forces just recently March 2025 completed a joint exercise in Iran’s territorial waters off the Gulf of Oman.
China has allegedly shipped missile components to Iran and its proxies. China and Russia celebrated the anniversary of the Ukraine war by reaffirming their “no limits partnership.”
Such cooperation will allow the three nations’ militaries to feel more comfortable operating together if a regional crisis emerges.
CONCLUSIONS:
- Iran cannot be trusted to tell the truth about anything.
- Iran is the center of gravity for world-wide terrorism.
- Iran has been the leading sponsor of world terrorism for about 40 years. Iran trains their leaders, provides their financing, provides firearms, ammunition, and tens of thousands of rockets, missiles and drones.
- The Iranian people may well accept a peaceful successive Iranian government that will blend into a peaceful Middle East and cut ties with Russia and China.
- Shame on the U.S., the collective nations of the world and especially the United Nations for ignoring Iran’s actions for the past 4 decades and thereby actually advancing death and destruction around the world.
- Nothing changes in Iran until the current Khamenei Regime ceases to exist.
SOME ALTERNATIVES:
- Silently and within a few days fill the Persian Gulf, the Straights of Houmous and the Gulf of Oman with combat naval ships from many nations and then call Khamenei and tell him unless he immediately shuts down all nuclear operations, shuts down 100% of all terrorist assistance and if terrorists in the middle east commit one single combat action, Iran’s oil shipping will cease to exist immediately to include the 3 million barrels per day provided to China. Iran will quickly go broke and we will promise the Iranian people that as soon as they overrun and take down the Khamenei Regime, he and existing subordinate leaders and organizations must be replaced by a freedom-loving president ready to join the other peaceful Middle Eastern nations.
- Send the U.S. 3,000-pound bunker busters then support the Iranian people to take down the Khamenei Regime as described in paragraph 1 above.
- The Israeli air attacks take out Khamenei then demand a complete and unconditional surrender by the remainer of the Regime who will immediately step aside and be replaced by a new peaceful government.
BOTTOM LINE:
Doing nothing is not an advisable alternative. We have enough senseless death and destruction. End this one within a few days.
Marvin L. Covault, Lt Gen US Army, retired, is the author of two books, Vision to Execution and Fix the Systems, Transform America as well as the author of a blog, WeThePeopleSpeaking.com.