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29. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light ( Mat. 11:29-30, Century KJV).”

The explosive collision of Central American communism and Middle Eastern terrorism during the Iran-Contra affair (1985 &1987) threw President Ronald Reagan’s second term into crisis, as the most audacious covert operations in 1985 and 1986 erupted into sprawling, high-stakes congressional investigations and nationally televised hearings in 1987.

The first stage of the scandal kicked off with a covert weapons-for-hostages deal, in which officials in the Reagan administration secretly sold antitank missiles to Iran—an officially designated enemy. In return, Iran leveraged its influence to secure the release of American hostages held in Lebanon. Instead of routing the money through lawful channels, Reagan officials, including Colonel Oliver North, funneled the profits from these missile sales into US military backing for the Contra, ruthless anticommunist guerrillas waging a bloody campaign against the Marxist government in Nicaragua (07/16/2026, Khan Academy).

This incident closely reflects the current situation, in which President Donald Trump is working to secure the Strait of Hormuz for merchant mariners while confronting the Iranian regime and its use of drones and mines. At the same time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is engaged in conflict with terrorist militants in Lebanon, Palestine, and Yemen (Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis). All three of these groups are supported by Iran. For forty-seven years, the United States and parts of the Middle East have experienced terrorist attacks organized and directed by the Iranian regime and its military leadership.

The real scandal here was that President Reagan loudly vowed his administration would never negotiate with hostage-takers—even as it moved to do exactly that. This was not some gray area: Congress had imposed an embargo on selling weapons to Iran. On top of that, lawmakers had passed the Boland Amendment to rein in U.S. support for the Contras in Nicaragua after evidence surfaced that they had tortured and murdered civilians. In other words, both the secret sale of arms to Iran and the covert funneling of that money to the Contras didn’t just bend the rules—they flat-out broke the law

Yet, on the same note, former Attorney General Eric Holder was deeply entangled in the political and legal fallout from the 2009–2011 gun transfers—even as he maintained and denied that he neither personally authorized the gun-tracking operation nor knew beforehand. These transfers unfolded under Operation “Fast and Furious,” a reckless, disastrously flawed program run by the ATF and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona. The plan was as audacious as it was dangerous: allow illegal “straw purchasers” to buy firearms, deliberately let guns flow across the border into Mexico, and then supposedly track them up the chain to powerful cartel leaders. Instead, the government lost control of hundreds of weapons, which later turned up at bloody crime scenes—including the 2010 murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry—sparking national outrage, a high-profile House investigation, and Eric Holder being held in contempt of Congress in 2012. Holder became the first sitting U.S. Cabinet member ever held in contempt of Congress after refusing to release internal DOJ documents on the botched operation, shielded by executive privilege invoked by President Barack Obama.

In the dead of night on June 22, 2025, President Trump unleashed a wave of bombs on Iran’s nuclear missile sites—then proudly boasted that Iran’s nuclear capabilities were wiped off the map, vowing Tehran would never again be allowed to build a nuclear site or bomb. The President claimed backing from China and other powerful nations, as if the world were silently cheering from the sidelines. He went even further, declaring that the assault on Iran would rage on for roughly five weeks. Was the President being truthful?

Now, by mid-July, the showdown at the Strait of Hormuz has exploded into a full-blown war, with Trump’s blockade dragging America into an all-out confrontation with Iran. At the same time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is bogged down in Lebanon, expanding the brutal conflict that began with Hamas in Palestine as he turns his sights on yet another Iranian-backed force: Hezbollah.

Across the region, three Iranian-organized groups—Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis—are locked in a sweeping confrontation that has pulled in U.S. support, while many so-called United Nations allies in NATO have stood on the sidelines, offering little more than silence, and for For forty-seven years, Iran terrorized the Middle East and struck U.S. targets with near impunity—and now, the region is being dragged to the brink as the world watches and hesitates. Should America have gotten involved?

It’s already too late to pretend this isn’t war. American fighter jets have pounded hundreds of Iranian targets across their country, while Naval ships at sea have unleashed volley after volley of missiles at Iranian boats and strategic sites. And after forty-seven long years, ask yourself this: even if the Iranian regime were to sign some polished “peace” declaration today, why should anyone trust they’d honor it tomorrow? Or would they just file it away, quietly banking this latest bombing campaign as one more insult to avenge when the moment is right?