By defanging Iran, Trump would also bloody China and Russia

It’s difficult to overstate the significance of Israel’s ongoing strikes against Iran: In just a few days, Israel has effectively decapitated the Islamic Republic’s military high command, and has caused serious damage to its military and nuclear infrastructure.The regime has sued for a cessation of hostilities — and according to reports, is terrified that America will get involved, as the United States bulks up its military presence in the region.Good.With Iran dangerously close to nuclear breakout, Israel is doing the entire world a favor with its campaign to ensure that Iran never obtains nuclear weapons.But the job isn’t over.Nothing short of the verifiable destruction of Iran’s nuclear weapons program is acceptable — and it’s in America’s best interest to give Israel whatever it needs to succeed in this mission.President Trump has repeatedly said peace cannot exist in a world in which Iran has access to nuclear weapons.He is exactly right.A nuclear Iran would pose a threat to peace everywhere.It would enable the regime to effectively hold the world hostage, with the power to disrupt the global economy or coerce other powers into bowing to its will.It would insulate the dictatorship from popular pressure for change and allow the mullahs to continue their role as the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism.And of course, it would pose a clear existential threat to Israel — a nation that the Iranian regime has vowed to wipe off the map.All of these developments would obviously threaten America’s national security and prosperity.And as much as some critics would like us to believe that Israel’s and America’s futures are not linked, recall that this is the regime that refers to our country as “The Great Satan,” uses Friday prayers to lead bloodthirsty chants of “Death to America,” funds terrorist proxies that have killed hundreds of Americans, and has demonstrated over and over again, for more than four decades, that it is committed ...