Time to Strike Ayatollah Iran?

Time to Strike Ayatollah Iran?
An Iranian surface-to-surface missile displayed next to a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 27, 2023. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
Austin Bay
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Despite waging proxy offensive wars throughout the Middle East—wars in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, in the Persian Gulf littoral, Lebanon, the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel—Iran’s ayatollah regime has escaped deadly retribution.

Austin Bay
Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
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