President Trump’s strikes quickly took out Iran’s nuclear program without risking any American lives or further involvement. Despite that the strikes were greeted with outrage not only by Iran, but by social media influencers, the former Obama officials who empowered Iran, and by Democrats, including Sen. Chuck Schumer who claimed that he would, rather late in the game, move for a War Powers vote.

Schumer had spent multiple elections running on promises to push back on Iran only to now campaign for Iran.

Tommy Vietor, Obama’s NSC spokesman, warned that, “Iran might retaliate today, tomorrow or in months. Or a year from now, Iran or its proxies might blow up a bus filled with American tourists in Cyprus.”

True. Would that ongoing state of affairs be better with or without nukes?

Obama chose to make Iran more of a threat, President Trump chose to shrink the threat.

“I am gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned.

Iran has promised to complain to the UN. Unfortunately it may find out, as we already have, that the UN is entirely useless.