AND IN THE REAL WORLD – AT 11:44 A.M. ET:   We just had a terrorist attack in New York.  But Iran is threatening much larger attacks elsewhere.  Eternal vigilance, my friends.  From the Washington Free Beacon: 

A top Iranian military commander has threatened to launch ballistic missile attacks on U.S. forces in the region amid a public effort by the Islamic Republic to show off its advanced missile capabilities, according to U.S. officials and regional reports.

Iranian leaders disclosed that their advanced ballistic missile technology, which could be used as part of a nuclear weapons program, is sophisticated enough to strike U.S. forces up to nearly 1,300 miles, or 2,000 kilometers, away, which encompasses all U.S. bases in the region.

The head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, announced on Tuesday that Iranian missiles can already "cover all U.S. bases in the region" and that Tehran has the capability to increase its missile power even further.

"Based on the policies specified by the Leader [Ayatollah Khamenei], the range of our missiles is limited to 2,000km, but we have the capability to increase the range," IRGC Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said following an announcement by the country's supreme leader that Iranian ballistic missile technology would be capped at this distance for the short term.

While pro-Iran activists cheered the announcement as a sign of moderation on Iran's part, U.S officials and experts told the Washington Free Beacon that the distance cap on these missiles is effectively meaningless since the country's current military technology is capable of striking U.S. forces, a position emphasized by Iranian military leaders.

"At present it [this distance] is sufficient because the Americans are in a 2,000 km radius from our country and their attacks will be responded," Jafari was quoted as saying in Iran's state-controlled press outlets.

COMMENT:  Another perfect example of making agreements with the Iranians that wind up benefiting only them.  Thanks Obama/Kerry! 

The issue here is not whether the Iranians will launch an attack on American positions.  That's unlikely.  However, the fact that they can do it will influence Iran's power position in a region where power is the only thing that counts.

Iran is now moving aggressively to control the Mideast.  During the Obama administration there was very little done to resist Tehran, just as there was little or nothing done to oppose Russia's re-entry into the region.   So we're now facing Russia and Iran in an area critical to American security and the security of our allies.

When Trump said he was left a mess by Obama, he was laughed at by the mainstream media.  But his comment was accurate.  Now his attempts to clean up the mess are being fought tooth and mail by the very people who made it.

November 1, 2017