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Six months into ongoing tensions with Iran, the Trump administration is considering a new military strategy that could keep American forces engaged in the Strait of Hormuz for the foreseeable future. Following the first U.S. military strikes against Iran since July, officials are reportedly weighing a plan to periodically target Iranian missile and radar capabilities before Tehran can rebuild them, a strategy one official described as \u201cmowing the lawn.\u201d As the region remains on edge, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is calling on Americans to recognize the deeper spiritual dimension behind the conflict.\n<\/p>\n
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From CBN:\n<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the president simplified his strategy.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean we won\u2019t smack them,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens. But we have the Strait of Hormuz in extremely good shape. You know, we\u2019re taking over \u2013 many, many ships got through last night, as you know, with the Navy\u2019s assistance. And we\u2019ve been averaging 30 ships a night. That\u2019s a lot.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Trump repeated his vow that Tehran will never have a nuclear weapon. However, he quickly dismissed the idea of using one against Iran.<\/p>\n
Oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has rebounded to roughly two-thirds of pre-war levels, according to Gulf News. Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has called on Gulf States to unite against what he describes as their \u201creal enemy,\u201d America and Israel. The rhetoric coming from Tehran has only heightened concerns among U.S. allies in the region about the trajectory of the conflict and the potential for it to widen further.\n<\/p>\n
Speaking from Jerusalem to the Republican Jewish Coalition Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Ambassador Huckabee cautioned that the conflict with Iran cannot be understood through politics or military strategy alone. \u201cThis is not just a horizontal issue, left versus the right; this is also a vertical issue. This is good versus evil, and we need to begin to frame the fact that some of what we\u2019re saying is not a geopolitical battle and economic battle or military battle or P.R. battle. It is a spiritual battle between the forces of darkness and the forces of light,\u201d Huckabee said. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter echoed similar concerns at the summit, pointing to recent rhetoric from Qatari state media calling for the removal of Jews \u201cfrom the Earth\u201d and arguing that such extremist messaging, not diplomatic institutions, is what must be confronted directly.\n<\/p>\n
The summit also highlighted growing unease over Turkey\u2019s expanding role in the region. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and nuclear-armed Pakistan held their first high-level meeting Monday under the new Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, a pact Turkey has suggested could grow further. While Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan insisted the alliance is not aimed at any particular country, he also referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a \u201ccommon enemy of humanity\u201d during the same meeting, raising questions about Turkey\u2019s true intentions. Huckabee said he hopes Turkey ultimately becomes a stabilizing force in the region, but acknowledged that such statements complicate that hope.\n<\/p>\n
Ambassador Huckabee\u2019s framing of this conflict as a spiritual battle \u201cbetween the forces of darkness and the forces of light\u201d reflects a truth Scripture affirms: our struggle \u201cis not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms\u201d (Ephesians 6:12). As tensions with Iran persist and rhetoric calling for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people grows louder, we are called to stand firmly behind Israel\u2019s right to exist and defend itself while praying earnestly for wisdom for American and Israeli leaders. Let us pray for protection over the Strait of Hormuz and all who serve there, for God to expose and restrain evil intentions among Israel\u2019s enemies, and for peace to prevail where only He can bring it.\n<\/p>\n
(Excerpt from CBN. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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