The U.S. military and its ally Israel have struck the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Trump administration’s decision to attack followed weeks of waiting and speculation amid the largest military buildup in the Middle East in twenty years. But the strikes themselves were decades in the making.

The Iranian regime had its chance, and now it only has itself to blame for its fate. As President Trump has said on numerous occasions, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism can’t be permitted to have nuclear weapons. He’s right.