February 28, 2026

AND NOW A WORD FROM THE NEXT LEADER OF IRAN:

Posted at 8:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

ROGER SIMON: Hope Was ALWAYS on the way.

Many had come to doubt President Trump’s assurance weeks ago to the brave Iranian freedom fighters that “help is on the way.” I admit I had moments I waffled over that time, though my wife, a stalwart, disabused me of them.

But Operation Epic Fury—called Roaring Lion by the Israelis and now roaring—appears to have been months in the most meticulous planning.

Now we know. Don’t doubt Trump. He’s a man of his word. The doubters, myself included to the small extent I was, can eat the requisite crow.

One way is to admit the truth: Donald Trump is no normal president. He is a historical figure of enormous proportions.

Of course, the naysayers came out almost immediately, from Ro Khanna to Tucker Carlson. Most were predictable. Trump is a slave of Israel. Trump isn’t America First, etc. Some claim Trump did not spell out his intentions when he certainly did, with total clarity, during his eight-minute speech announcing the attack.

It’s called regime change!

Whether these people were lying or simply deaf, dumb, and blind is hard to say.

The new MSM flagship, Axios, is already raising the flag for “off ramps” with the war not even a day old.

None of these, pols or media, that I know of, had spent much time, if any, with torture victims from Tehran’s Evin Prison as Sheryl and I had. These former democracy demonstrators’ faces looked like Picasso’s from the Cubist period, cheekbones bashed in, eyes plucked out, relatives and friends having died in jail. I would like to think that if the naysayers had seen them, they would sing a different song, but I doubt it. They prefer to preserve the mullahs’ rule for their own partisan or psychologically disturbed purposes.

The military operations should be successful, perhaps more quickly than many predict, but the major question is not whether the US and Israel can succeed at war against a weakened opponent. It is what happens after. Can a new Iran be built?

It’s up to the Iranians, almost everyone, including our government, is saying. I take their point. But you’ll have to excuse me if I put an asterisk.

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 8:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

CAPTAIN OF THE SOMALI PIRATES HAS THOUGHTS:

Fair enough; this one has being going on since 1979:

I know he’s just turned 86, but I’d love to get a quote from Ted Koppel about today’s events: Feb. 28, 2026: The Day Trump Paid the Mullahs Back — and Gave Persians a Chance.

Posted at 8:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

WELL SAID:

Posted at 7:51 pm by Glenn Reynolds

HAHA:

Posted at 6:57 pm by Glenn Reynolds

OUCH:

UPDATE: Heh.

Posted at 6:42 pm by Glenn Reynolds

SO MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WEST TURNS OUT TO BE COMMIE PROPAGANDA AND INFLUENCE OPERATIONS:

Posted at 6:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

MARK STEYN: Persian Carpet-Bombing.

Israeli media report that he’s pushing up daisycutters. If it is correct that the US waited till every senior figure was attending the Spectre board meeting and then took them out in a single strike, that would be a remarkable start to any war. Whether or not the Islamic Republic’s leadership have gone to their virgins, in retaliation Tehran seems to be targeting Nigel Farage’s Reform UK leadership at their global HQ in Dubai:

Reform Treasurer Nick Candy today told how his hotel ‘shook’ as a devastating barrage of Iranian missiles and drones rained down on Dubai.

The billionaire property developer was on one of the upper floors of the Bulgari Resort in Jumeria Bay, Dubai, when one of a series of missiles struck.

The Reform Deputy Leader’s squeeze is also under barrage in Dubai.

The ayatollahs have also struck the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, and killed at least one person in strikes on the Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait. There are conflicting reports of forty dead after the USAF hit a girls’ primary school, which is sure to go down well with Ilhan Omar and other child-care specialists. On the other hand, a view from the streets:

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 5:48 pm by Ed Driscoll

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER: Trump’s Truth Social Statement On Khamenei’s Death.

Posted at 5:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

1979 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TIME TO DEESCALATE, TRUMP IS MERELY SETTLING ALL FAMILY BUSINESS:

Posted at 4:34 pm by Stephen Green

ARAB-PERSIAN EMNITY HAS BEEN AROUND ABOUT AS LONG AS ARABS AND PERSIANS:

Posted at 4:07 pm by Stephen Green

SPOILER: They will not join us in being happy today.

Happy… with a side of schadenfreude:

Posted at 3:44 pm by Stephen Green

YES:

Previously: Trump’s international strategy is becoming clearer. “The core goal remains to restore absolute American superiority over China and Russia. But Trump wants to avoid confronting these major rivals directly. He is rather working to isolate Beijing and Moscow from their international partners and deprive them of any major means of external support.”

Update: But you can always count on international leftists, here and abroad, to do or say anything to undermine an America First agenda.

Posted at 3:30 pm by Stephen Green

REPORT:

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Posted at 3:10 pm by Ed Driscoll