by Joseph P. Farrell, Giza Death Star:

We have all heard that over the weekend American forces struck at Iran in a joint operation with Israeli military forces, killing the long-time “supreme leader”, Ayatollah Ali Khameni, and members of his immediate family, some of whom were rumored to be in the line of succession to the leadership position. I will not comment in this week’s blogs about this operation, as I fully expect that I will be doing so in some upcoming interviews that were already scheduled before the events unfolded, and also because I am certain that the story, which already dominates the news cycle, will continue to do so, and there are other stories that I think should also be brought to everyone’s attention. Suffice it to say that I am extremely ambivalent about the operation. On the one hand, I will not shed one tear of sorrow if that horridly brutal regime in Tehran collapses, and the Iranian people are able to live free of it.  Suffice it also to say I am not happy at the extent our foreign policy, and now even Christian theology, appear to be dictated by Israel, nor do I think replacing an Iranian Islamic hegemon with a Saudi one is to the long term advantage of the West.