Iranian Regime Falls; Leftists Mourn Tyrant's Death

The world woke this week to the shocking news that a coordinated U.S.-Israeli strike has decapitated Iran’s regime and, according to multiple reports, killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. American leadership moved against the regime that has exported terror and sponsored proxy wars for decades, and those developments—so long delayed—have forced a strategic reckoning.

 Iran did not answer quietly; rockets and missiles soon flew back across the region as Tehran’s proxies and military assets struck Gulf states and Israeli cities in retaliation. Civilian casualties and widespread damage followed, proving yet again that tyrants and their enablers never absorb blows without trying to inflict pain on innocents and allies.

On our own campuses and in parts of the media, the reaction has been sickeningly tone-deaf. Rather than celebrating the removal of a butcher who trafficked in murder, some on the left have rushed to express outrage at the strike, couching their grief in abstract appeals to diplomacy while ignoring the victims of Iranian terror. Conservative Americans should see that for what it is: moral confusion masquerading as compassion.

Even more outrageous was the spectacle at Columbia, where an anti-Israel group posted “Marg bar Amrika” — the Farsi slogan for “Death to America” — on social media after reports of the strike. That sort of open hostility to the United States by people operating on or around elite campuses proves the rot goes far beyond a few bad apples; it is entrenched ideology.

Columbia University tried to wash its hands of the episode by insisting the group is not officially affiliated with the school, but anyone who remembers the encampments and faculty cheerleading knows the hands are not clean. Administrations that hire and shelter activists while taking tuition and federal dollars must be held accountable by lawmakers, parents, and donors who still believe in American values.

This moment should unite patriots, not divide them. We can recognize the strategic necessity of removing a monster from power, demand firm measures to protect American lives abroad, and simultaneously call for justice when civilians suffer—without excusing campus sedition or celebrating those who cheer our enemies.

Hardworking Americans deserve leadership that puts our safety first and institutions that defend, not undermine, the country. Let Congress stop sending money to universities that tolerate sedition, let federal officials review visas and privileges for foreign nationals who openly endorse violence, and let the media stop treating moral relativism as even-handed journalism. Our nation will be stronger if we face this storm with courage, clarity, and loyalty to the flag.