WEEKLY STANDARD
Iran Unleashed
by Lee Smith
November 9, 2015

Last week, the Obama White House moved to ensure Hezbollah’s ability to point 100,000 missiles at Israel…You might think that the government of the United States has an interest in severing the weapons supply line between Iran and a terrorist organization waging war against an American ally [Israel]. But that’s old thinking. Obama is building a new Middle East on the foundation of the Iranian nuclear deal, which foresees a balance of powers among all the regional actors that will bring stability to a wildly volatile neighborhood. Everyone needs to be deterred, including American allies. So as the White House sees it, Iran’s supplying Hezbollah with weapons that it points at Israel is a necessary condition of Middle East peace. READ MORE