In the New York Post this morning I explain why the larger long-term threat to the U.S. is not the Islamic State, but the Islamic Republic of Iran:
The greatest threat to national security today isn’t ISIS, or China, or Russia or even the administration’s favorite bogey, climate change. The greatest threat is the Islamic Republic of Iran, a regime that has been on a war footing toward the United States since 1979, mandates chants of “Death to America” in every mosque in the country at Friday prayers, and now, thanks to President Obama and John Kerry, is on the fast track to obtaining nuclear weapons.
Iran is not as flashy as ISIS but is actively working now on numerous anti-American initiatives that could turn out to be even more lethal than anything ISIS has yet perpetrated. In June 2011 Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared: “Wherever a movement is Islamic, populist and anti-American, we support it.”
In 2012, Khamenei called for terror attacks in the West — but now, because of Obama, Iran is newly flush with billions of dollars in sanctions relief to finance such attacks.
As I show in my new book “The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran,” the nation is a breeding ground for terrorist activity: funding and controlling a global network of jihad terror organizations with a truly global reach, ready to do Iran’s bidding up to and including the killing of its perceived enemies.
Chief in this network is Hezbollah, a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Most notoriously, Hezbollah was responsible for the murder of 241 US servicemen in the bombing of military barracks in Beirut in 1983.
Iran has also been implicated in the bankrolling of the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, which housed members of the US Air Force, and in the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, in which over 200 people were killed.
Iran’s Hezbollah doesn’t just operate in Lebanon. It continues to target the United States through Mexico, where it has teamed with drug cartels along the US border. This partnership is mutually beneficial: Hezbollah gets massive amounts of cash to finance its jihad operations, and the drug cartels receive extensive training in ways to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies. That is one principal reason why the Mexican drug cartels have adopted what up until recently had been two trademarks of jihad groups: kidnapping and beheading.
It’s not just Hezbollah that Iran bankrolls. Despite the Sunni/Shiite divide, the Sunni jihad groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, as well as the Shiite Houthis in Yemen and the Iraqi Shiite group Kata’ib Hezbollah are all funded by the Islamic Republic.
Nor does it work only through jihad terror groups: It has funded the Spanish left-wing populist party, Podemos — a vivid illustration of how the international left and the global jihad movement can and do make common cause against the West.
Iran was even involved in planning the 9/11 terror attacks: in the months leading up to the attacks, at least eight of the hijackers traveled repeatedly to Iran and met with Iranian agents there, who facilitated their travel to Afghanistan for training.
Their passports were left unstamped by Iranian border guards so that they would be able to enter the United States undetected.
Iranian adventurism has continued. In 2012, the government of Canada closed Iran’s embassy in Ottawa and recalled its own diplomats from Tehran in protest of subversive activities by Iranians in Canada, directed from the Embassy.
Former Iranian diplomat Abolfazl Eslami admitted that Iran had been plotting subversive activities through their embassies in Canada and other countries. And earlier this year, the US indicted seven Iranian hackers linked to the government of the Islamic Republic for cyber attacks on US banks and a dam in New York state.
As a result of Obama’s supine appeasement policy toward the Islamic Republic, Iran is bolder and more belligerent than ever — as evidenced by its capture and public humiliation of US Navy sailors last January.
But it is not too late. While a new president will not be able to recover the money that Obama has showered upon Iran, the next chief executive can and should repudiate the nuclear deal and put the Iranian regime on notice that not only its pursuit of nuclear weapons, but its global adventurism will no longer be tolerated.
The Iranian opposition, however imperfect, that Obama refused to support in 2009 must be given active aid of all possible kinds. And any future negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran should only be entered into with a clear-eyed understanding of that regime’s bloodthirstiness, willingness to deceive and unshakable hostility to the United States….
Read the rest here.

vivienne Leijonhufvu (@goldaleijonhufv) says
The only question I have is where does Russia figure in all this adventurism of IRAN?
J. Smith says
It´s time to be honest. From Florida to Texas to France to Germany, Norway, Belgium and even Japan, we learn weekly of wild massacres, crimes, rapes, in which the weapon is sometimes a gun, a knife, a lorry, or even the pilot of an airplane deliberately flew his craft and slaughter many. The victims are always wholly innocent. But there is always one common link….. DRUGS. Deport the Mexicans now! Bring in the muslim refugees, they will be the cheap labor USA and Trump’s business need!
John spielman says
What ?
Dom107 says
What again! If I had to choose between these two evils I would choose the Mexican drugs dealers but I can’t see any connection with all those things you mention.Muslims are a much more serious long term threat to the West’s way of life than Mexicans !
linnte says
Give me 11 million Mexican or S. American illegals over one Middle Eastern or African Muslim refugee ANY DAY! It is ISLAM that is the enemy, not Christian/atheist Hispanics!
Hector Archytas says
Muslims are never cheap labor
Peggy says
That’s the truth.
They want our blood as payment but won’t do anything for us.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“[T]he Islamic Republic of Iran … mandates chants of “Death to America” [“Marg bar Aamrikaa!”] in every mosque in the country at Friday prayers”
Citation, please.
titavima says
never seen an iranian terrorist in my whole life!
linnte says
Then you haven’t been paying attention! The whole darned country of Iran is populated with terrorists. Terrorism is not only bombs and guns. Muhammad said to “strike terror into their HEARTS”. Every single Muslim on the earth is a potential terrorist. Every Muslim reads the same vile book: The Qur’an.
jewdog says
Iran is also strongly backed by Russia.
Angemon says
The only thing more important than killing one another – killing infidels.
pennant8 says
That is a key point that our military and political leaders can’t seem to come to grips with. This is why they are always deceiving themselves into believing that this or that group in various Islamic hellholes like Afghanistan and Iraq are our allies despite the empirical evidence of so-called green on blue killings.
Sunnis hate the Shiites except when they don’t, Shiites hate the Sunnis except when they don’t, and they both hate the infidels no exceptions.
Jaladhi says
OT: Yesterday there was post in JW about a top Wall Street Journal reporter leaving Islam and embracing Christianity. I don’t see it here – why has ut been removed? Did the story turned out to be false or ws there any other reason?
TH says
According to Israeli expert, Mordachai Keder, former military intelligence officer and now academic, the Ayatollah’s regime in Islam is not in such great shape. He holds that the riots after stolen elections some years ago almost brought down the mullah’s regime and that they had a plane ready to fly them out of the country. He also states that the big wig of the Ayatollahs gives his Friday sermon not in any mosque, but in the University of Teheran and the gates are locked to force students to listen to him although they have no interest in Islam. He also states that if there had been a decent President in the White House at te time, the student revolt might have succeeded. Iran, like the rest of the Middle East. has various tribes who hate one another. So, if they CIA did its job, it could well help bring down the mullahs. The younger generation has no interest in Islam nor mosques. They want modern technology and freedom, not Islamic tyranny. Of course, if Hillary wins the Presidency, they Ayatollahs will have a new lease on life there.
dumbledoresarmy says
Question. How big a circulation does the New York Post have?
This is the second time in the past month or so that Mr Spencer has been given column space in a mainstream newspaper (the other occasion being the Detroit Times [if I am remembering the name right].
Here’s hoping this represents some kind of breakthrough.
Oh for the day when as well as offering his editorial comments at jihadwatch Mr Spencer will have, say, a weekly column in a major news outlet, at which he will review and remark upon the week’s “jihad news”.
linnte says
Yes! It is wonderful! I love seeing my mentor Mr. Spencer in the BIG news!
John C. Barile says
It’s the Detroit News, dear DDA. I’m a Michigander myself. I have just shared Robert’s New York Post article on my public Facebook page. Let’s make this piece go viral on the net!
John C. Barile says
It is so timely–in this era of imbecilic appeasement–to be reminded that Iran has been our deadly enemy since 1979.
TheOPINIONATOR says
While Hillary plans on increasing the number of Syrian refugees coming into the USA – by 550% –the Syrians are already busy “enhancing” England and Wales.
In ONE year: Police arrest 900 Syrians in England and Wales for crimes including rape and child abuse
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/695066/Police-arrest-900-Syrians-in-England-and-Wales-for-rape-death-threats-and-child-abuse
WorkingClassPost says
Another bit of news that won’t get much attention.
Theresa May is starting a campaign to end slavery in UK, or modern day slavery as they like to call it. Presumably she feels the need to show how good she is, after meeting Merkel.
She should have been warned that opposing slavery is islamofobik, though.
WorkingClassPost says
Iran and Turkey seem quite similar, with large secular populations, often young and well educated, controlled by authoritarian and islamic governments, supported by large, religious populations, educated only in the koran.
One has nuclear weapons on their soil, courtesy USA and NATO, the other is potentially closer to developing their own, courtesy USA and Obama.
Eagle says
Turkey has a $100 Million Mosque just 13 miles from the White house. Guess who owns owns the bragging rights for this. I feel our Muslim president will be making a gift soon, courtesy USA and Obama. The sweetest sound Obama has every heard is the call to prayer to the Satan Quran. Obama is mentally sick like all those that follow the Satan Quran.
Steve Klein says
Taqiyya.
Muslim Dad Khizr Khan Tells CNN Terror ‘Has Nothing to Do with Islam’
by JOEL B. POLLAK
31 Jul 20162,240
Khizr Khan, the bereaved father of fallen soldier Capt. Humayun Khan who attacked Donald Trump last week in a speech at the Democratic National Convention, told CNN’s Jim Acosta Sunday morning that terror has “nothing to do with Islam.”
Here is Khan’s full quote (emphasis added):
In addition to this, there was in the speech that my good wife asked me to refrain from saying, I wanted to say we reject all violence. We are faithful, patriotic, undivided loyalty to this country. We reject all terrorism. She asked me not to say that because that was not the occasion for such a statement. We say to his ignorance, I address his ignorance, that the dirt effect, the most effect of the menace of terrorism have been Muslims in the world, Muslims hate this menace of terrorism as much as any other place. It is our duty to keep this country, our country, beautiful country, safe. We have always thought of [it] that way, we will continue to do our part to keep it safe and beautiful. What he cites in the name of Islam, and all that — that is not Islam at all! I wish he would have, somebody would have put something in his head that these are terrorists, these are criminals, these folks have nothing to do with Islam.
Eagle says
Steve, Khan is just doing what a Muslim does best, he is Taqiyya the American people, Obama will make Khan’s sacrifice very profitable. Khan’s son had no allegiance to the American people as by executive order, Obama so has stated, a Muslim does not have to pledge allegiance to America. Let the excrement flow out to sea on a floating raft of Satan Qurans held together with hog hide and pork chops.
RonaldB says
“The Iranian opposition, however imperfect, that Obama refused to support in 2009 must be given active aid of all possible kinds.”
I’d feel better about such a suggestion if one could list for me all the instances where US support and interference in Middle Eastern countries have had a beneficial result. My tendency is to think the US should stay entirely out of internal Iranian politics. I think the best result of US support would be an Iranian version of “The Trust”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Trust
Steve Klein says
What is the difference between Mr. Khan and CAIR in terms of what he / they are telling the American people?
Dexter L. Wilson says
See “Clinton Cash”, available free on You Tube or Breitbart.com Through Hillary and Bill’s Clinton Foundation, a Canadian Company through which Russia is involved bought up Uranium Mines in the US, and guess who sells Uranium to Iran!
Johan Elzinga says
Climate change, however unpopular with the Republicans, is real and no longer something that is being disputed by reputable universities anywhere in the world. However, just like the inconvenient truth about Iran, it is not a popular message. When choosing priorities however, the Iranian threat and the islamic terrorist threats are far more imminent than the climate issue.I can live quite happily some more time with sealevel rise and the melting of the North pole, but I cannot live with any nuclear attack on middle east countries, especially on Israel, and such an attack is to be expected when Iran goes to war.
Walter Sieruk says
Be the greatest evil Iran or ISIS, this is a matter of debate. One thing is nevertheless clear is the reality that the lesser of two evils is still evil. It’s only a matter of degree to which of the tow heinously wicked Islamic entities are the most vile vicious and murderous. Furthermore, about the tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran it was reported on CBN on 5/7/16 only two days before this CBN report the Iran not only launched other “test firing” of missile. The “test firing” of that missile and it even had printed on that missile words in Hebrew that read “Israel must be wiped off the map.” This along exposes the vicious and destructive intention of the mullahs and others in power in this Islamic rogue state of Iran. There were other “test firing of other missiles by earlier this very year by the Islamic tyranny of Iran. This shows the gall and defiance of those mullahs and ayatollahs along those other Muslim villains in power in this tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran their total arrogant contempt for the US and the other Western nations in this so called “deal.” Those Muslim clerics and other Muslim tyrants in power in this cruel and oppressive Islamic tyranny are, in character, reflected in the Bible in Psalm 73:6-9. Which reads, “Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their mind know limits. They scoff and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.” [N.I.V.]
Daniel Triplett says
“Be the greatest evil Iran or ISIS, this is a matter of debate.”
It’s not much of a debate Walter.
ISIS is fighting with sticks and stones, and any other stray military hardware they can scrounge up. They manufacture nothing but small pipe-bombs, and must steal their weapons.
Iran is just months, or weeks, away from fighting with nuclear-tipped ICBMs they manufacture themselves.
Eagle says
We have to keep a close eye on Obama’s secret deals. We may have one soon in our very own back yard and that is no Taqiyya,
Adrian says
Congratulations on your excellent article in the Post, Mr. Spencer!
I hope as many readers as possible take all that you wrote to heart, and start spreading the word.
Jay Boo says
Even though Ayatollah Ali Khamenei might wear an Islamic man-dress, he puts on that Islamic man-dress one leg at a time. Therefore, he is a very dangerous man indeed.
cjk says
The Neo-Ottoman Empire is soon going to eclipse the Iranian threat and eclipse it almost totally.
Manual Paleologos says
I Think you’re right. The Turks make very good, tough soldiers. God help us if they get hold of those B61s at Incirlik intact. Various parties estimate 50-100 340 Kt thermonuclear weapons. The Treasonous Criminal Zerobama would probably give them the arming codes.
Eagle says
I believe Obama will find a way to make this happen too.
Tim says
I’ll have to disagree with Robert on this one; the most dangerous force in the world today is the American electorate.
Eagle says
I have to disagree Robert, the most dangerous Anti-American force against the American people is the Muslim suck ups Obama and Hillary.