That the Iranian regime is meddling in U.S. elections to support the Harris campaign, should serve as a jarring warning that Harris’s approach to Iran policy is one that would enable this expansionist regime to keep wreaking horrors on the world, both by itself and through its proxies, especially after it acquires nuclear capability. Pictured: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian looks on as a ‘Qasem Soleimani’ missile is displayed during a military parade in Tehran, on September 21, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Want to evaluate how numb, desensitized, jaded, otherwise occupied, and uncaring we have become in a very short timeframe?

A foreign country, a very, very, VERY evil one — at least their government, their leaders are — hacks, “burglarized” information from the Trump campaign, and passed the stolen information on to operatives working in the Harris/Walz campaign and nary a word is reported. No big deal.

Now when a U.S. president instructed individuals within his administration to do this, to burglarize an office and steal campaign information it led to the largest, longest, and from that point on historically changing time in American politics. That president ended up resigning in utter disgrace and his name became synonymous with corruption, shady goings on, and election tampering.

But only a short time later in the historical timeline, really, a foreign nation’s government — a very, very, VERY evil one at that — commits the same crime and passes the information on to those working in Democratic campaigns and the media, the people of America yawn, scratch their backsides and are too busy watching something on Netflix and making their dinner in a microwave to pay attention or care.

This is also a sign of how far we’ve fallen. Our lost we’ve become. Lethargic and approving of great crimes and evils.

The one incident was a bungled burglary instigated by a paranoid president obsessed with maintaining power and viewing almost everyone as his enemy, and in light of the comparison of a very, very, VERY evil nation that makes it exceedingly clear they are determined to have nuclear weapons capability, they hate America, they hate Israel, they have been directly involved and ordering countless terrorist attacks and the murder of countless human beings worldwide — they are the controllers of the Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah and other Islamic jihadist terror organizations. They murder. They desire Israle’s extinction. They desire America’s extinction. They are a growing cancer in the world and…

…we yawn if we have any reaction at all.

And you still can’t see the signs all around? Still can’t see the puzzle pieces all fitting together and the image clearly recognized lying before U.S. all?

Really?

Things on Netflix are really that interesting as to keep a person utterly occupied an clueless, apathetic?

And garbage in a microwaveable container is now so delicious as to keep one gorged and satisfied?

That’s life?

No need for anything more?

Can’t be bothered, don’t care?

Okay.

I hope and pray the soul, the spirit, the heart, the mind, the body of life is right with the Lord and obedient to Him and His ways, knowing and living His Word, knowing and living as a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ — because we’re all living in the End of Days, and this pervasive UNIVERSAL DAZE isn’t going to shield an individual from the eternal consequences to come for disbelief, for apathy, for disobedience, for being darkness rather than light. For allowing evil to have its way and not showing righteousness working within an individual.

Read on…

Ken Pullen, Saturday, September 28th, 2024

When the Iranian Regime Intervenes in U.S. Elections

In a significant move that, since the establishment of Iran’s Islamist regime, Iranian leaders have actively extended their influence to support a political party and candidate in a U.S. presidential race. This notable intervention is directed towards aiding the Democratic ticket headed by Vice President Kamala Harris. It is a move that signals that Iran’s regime hopes to secure an even deeper geopolitical alignment after the upcoming U.S. elections.

The FBI recently confirmed that information stolen by the Iranian regime agents, through their hacking of Donald Trump’s campaign, was disseminated to individuals connected to the Democratic campaign.

In a joint statement released on September 18, the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed that Iranian agents executed a malicious operation, whereby they “sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails.” This disclosure only underscores how far-reaching Tehran’s cyber capabilities have become.

A particularly striking element of this revelation is the Democratic campaign’s silence regarding the stolen information. Despite having received the data that originated from the Trump campaign, the Democratic camp refrained from acknowledging it until the FBI publicly disclosed the fact on September 18. On September 19, the Harris campaign finally responded, pointing out that it had not utilized any materials that Iranian hackers had allegedly collected from Trump’s email accounts.

The Trump campaign, swiftly reacting to this news, issued a statement demanding accountability from Harris. Trump’s camp stated that she must “come clean on whether they used the hacked material.”

On September 18, former Trump took to Truth Social, where he posted a scathing message:

“FBI CAUGHT IRAN SPYING ON MY CAMPAIGN, AND GIVING ALL OF THE INFORMATION TO THE KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGN. THEREFORE SHE AND HER CAMPAIGN WERE ILLEGALLY SPYING ON ME.”

Trump continued:

“TO BE KNOWN AS THE IRAN, IRAN, IRAN CASE! WILL KAMALA RESIGN IN DISGRACE FROM POLITICS? WILL THE COMMUNIST LEFT PICK A NEW CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HER?”

These remarks highlight Trump’s concerns about foreign interference and its potential impact on the integrity of U.S. elections, particularly in relation to candidacy of Harris.

What adds more intrigue to the story is the apparent desire of the Iranian regime to assist the Democratic Party. There appear to be several underlying reasons why Tehran favors a Harris victory.

First, Harris would likely continue the current administration’s extremely lenient approach to enforcing sanctions on Iran. Under the current U.S. administration, Iran has been able to sell oil at record levels and engage in lucrative trade with European nations – exponentiating Iran’s revenues.

Second, the Iranian regime anticipates that billions of dollars will continue to be released under a Harris administration. In the past four years, significant funds, nearly $60,000,000,000, have effectively been given to Iran’s mullahs by the Biden-Harris administration. The windfall has enriched the regime and bolstered both its economic and military capabilities. Iranian leaders see the continuation of this financial flow as critical to their long-term strategy of expanding Iran’s influence in the Middle East and beyond.

Starting a war against Israel through its proxies Hamas and Hezbollah, closing off the Suez Canal, and firing on U.S. troops in the region more than 150 times just since October was apparently Iran’s gracious way of saying thank you.

Third, the Iranian regime must be ecstatic over Harris’ reluctance to confront their galloping advancements in nuclear technology. Iran’s nuclear program reached its highest level of progress under the Biden-Harris administration. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in July that Iran’s nuclear weapons were only “1-2 weeks away.” Iran appears dangerously close to having nuclear bombs with which to do anything the mullahs want.

Fourth, Iran expects that under a Harris presidency, the U.S. will remain passive in response to Tehran’s military support for Russia in the ongoing war against Ukraine. From the perspective of the Iranian regime, Harris would similarly ignore Iran’s efforts, through its military proxies and terror networks, to annihilate Israel as well as Tehran’s rising influence in the U.S. backyard, Latin America, which has increasingly become a geopolitical interest for Iran.

That the Iranian regime is meddling in U.S. elections to support the Harris campaign, should serve as a jarring warning that Harris’s approach to Iran policy is one that would enable this expansionist regime to keep wreaking horrors on the world, both by itself and through its proxies, especially after it acquires nuclear capability. Why should Iran’s government, which treats its own people atrociously, be expected to treat others any better?

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh is a business strategist and advisor, Harvard-educated scholar, political scientist, board member of Harvard International Review, and president of the International American Council on the Middle East. He has authored several books on Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy. He can be reached at Dr.Rafizadeh@Post.Harvard.Edu