ArchitectGuy on Israel

URBAN WARFARE
Iran’s War on the United States Did Not Start Yesterday
John Spencer
March 1, 2026

Iran started a war against the United States in 1979. It has never stopped. That is not rhetorical flourish. It is historical fact. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. That was not a protest. It was a declaration. The newly established Islamic Republic defined itself in opposition to the United States and built its foreign policy around confrontation with America and its allies. Since then, the pattern has been consistent. In 1983, 241 American Marines were murdered in the Beirut barracks bombing, an attack carried out by Hezbollah with Iranian backing. It remains one of the deadliest single days for the Marine Corps since World War II. During the Iraq War, Iranian-backed militias killed 603 U.S. service members, according to Pentagon assessments…The campaign never ended. It evolved. READ MORE

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Fire everything: Iran’s ‘doomsday order’
Amit Segal
February 26, 2026

Hitler called it the “Nero Decree.” In March 1945, when the Allies were already on German soil advancing toward Berlin, he signed an order to burn all bridges, destroy all local industry and leave behind scorched earth. A fierce debate is taking place in the upper floors of the Kirya and the lower levels of the “Bunker.” It concerns the possible existence of a parallel Iranian directive, three words long: “The Doomsday Order.” If such an order exists, it would not deal with destroying Iranian infrastructure but rather with issuing a “go” command to the entire Axis of Resistance—Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas and the militias—to fire everything they have. If such an order exists, its meaning is no longer existential from Israel’s perspective: Hamas has been dismantled as an army, Hezbollah has been cut down by 90%, and Syria no longer takes instructions from Tehran. READ MORE

WALL STREET JOURNAL The Diminishing Risk of an Iran Attack Early one Saturday morning two years ago, I stood outside President Biden’s house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., with intelligence that Iran was about to launch an unprecedented missile barrage at Israel. The stakes felt enormous, yet I hesitated before waking him. My concern was that the region would spiral into chaos. Many of my friends were stationed at bases that could become targets. Working at the Central Intelligence Agency in the post-9/11 era, I had long worried about Iran and the possibility that  a U.S. misstep would spark chaos. A lot has changed in two years. The risk of regional war has greatly diminished. Several factors have put the regime on its heels…

FUTURE OF JEWISH The (Obvious) Reasons Israel and America Should Eliminate Iran’s Regime Regime change in Iran would not simply serve American or Israeli interests. It would first and foremost serve the Iranian people — one of the most educated, globally connected, and historically sophisticated populations in the Middle East, currently held hostage by a clerical leadership that has systematically impoverished and isolated them. Even within the region, this reality is quietly acknowledged. A Saudi royal family source told Israel’s N12 News on Sunday that the solution for Iran is no longer limited strikes or symbolic containment, but a fundamental transformation of leadership, including the removal of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei and the regime “must be eliminated one by one,” and “the only solution is to change the regime in Iran in one way or another,” the source said.