FAMOUS LAST WORDS?

Islamic fundamentalism has not turned out well for Iran.  The currency has no exchange value and the hydohijab industrial complex apparently failed to recruit the right sort of rain dancers.  Now the rulers have shut down the internet to keep news from getting in and out, and that, as a byproduct, prevents any commerce from taking place.  Thus, Rick Moran argues, "Iran Has Entered a 'Doom Loop' Thanks to the Internet Shutdown."

Our President might be more respectful of the interests of local governments than his predecessors, as the naval task forces might be on the move in order that Air Force assets not overfly countries that have their own gripes with Iran but seek neither war nor internal unrest.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have informed Washington that they will not allow their airspace to be used for an attack on Iran. It hardly matters.

American military assets, including the deadliest weapons platform on Earth, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, along with several guided missile cruisers have officially entered CENTCOM's area of responsibility somewhere in the Arabian Sea.

On January 19, 2026, the Lincoln transited the Strait of Malacca westbound. By January 26, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the strike group had officially entered the Middle East region.

I doubt whether all that firepower is for show. You don't send the Abraham Lincoln strike group from the Indo-Pacific region to the Middle East on a pleasure cruise.  These ships are going to war sometime in the next few days.

Why now? It may be that U.S. advisors have judged the Iranian regime to be teetering on the edge of collapse and that one good push will bring the whole rotten edifice down.

It's a long shot, to be sure, but it's an opportunity that may not come again anytime soon. It may be a gamble worth taking.

I remember similar talk about Operation Iraqi Freedom likely to go well (yes, the Ba'ath government was gone within a month, but what came next was neither expeditious nor amusing) and "one kick will knock the rotten structure down" might sound better in French or German, but implementing it was another matter.