Iranians joy vs. Democrats shame

The outpouring of joy on the streets of LA is impossible to ignore.Thousands of Iranian-Americans lined Wilshire Boulevard on Saturday and Sunday to celebrate the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes that, they hope, will bring down the Iranian regime.On Westwood Boulevard, in the heart of “Tehrangeles,” there were raucous cheers inside Persian restaurants.Flags hung everywhere — the sterile tulip of the Islamic Republic replaced by the lion-and-sun of the previous era.The Iranian people, at home and abroad, believe that freedom is at hand, and that President Donald Trump is bringing the redemption for which they have waited for decades.As local foreign policy analyst Lisa Daftari put it: “Trump and [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu just gave the Iranian people something they haven’t had in decades: OPTIMISM. “They’re dancing from LA to Melbourne to Tehran not because the regime has fallen, but because they now know it will.”A few Democrats understood the importance of the moment. Sen.

John Fetterman (D-Pa.) commented on Operation Epic Fury: “President Trump has been willing to do what’s right and necessary to produce real peace in the region.“God bless the United States, our great military, and Israel.”But most Democrats opted for hand-wringing, at best.If Trump did it, it must be wrong.  Get the perfect blend of news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.Please provide a valid email.

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Gavin Newsom said: “The leadership of Iran must go.” So far, so good.But he added that Trump had launched an “illegal, dangerous war … without justification to the American people.”How is the Iranian regime supposed to disappear? Especially after it just gunned down many thousands of protesters in the streets?Newsom had no answer.Sen.Adam Schiff declared: “The Iranian regime is a br...