Israelis are spending much of their days and nights hunkered down in bomb shelters. But they're hopeful that the conflict in which they're now engaged will leave them and their children safer.

Iranians are doing their best to get by as the U.S.-Israeli military operation deprives their country's rulers of their military capabilities. But they're hopeful that those rulers will soon be replaced by decent leaders.

Tucker Carlson watches this great battle against the world's leading sponsors of jihadi terrorism and calls it "evil and disgusting." He declared that President Trump's demand that Iran's ruler surrender can only be interpreted by Iranians as "foreign troops get to rape your wife and daughter."

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On Saturday, President Donald Trump made one of the best – and, at 8 minutes, briefest – speeches of his career.

The objective of the combined U.S.-Israeli operation, he explained, "is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime... Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world."

He added: "For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted 'Death to America!' and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder, targeting the United States, our troops and the innocent people in many, many countries."

Is that's not "America First" what would be?

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One of the most popular magazines in the years following World War II was the Ladies' Home Journal. One of its most popular features was "Can this marriage be saved?"

Why am I dredging up this tidbit of journalistic trivia? Because of Marco Rubio's address at the Munich Security Conference – on Valentine's Day, no less.

A year ago, it was Vice President J.D. Vance who spoke in Munich. Ever since, major media platforms – including Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, Politico, NPR, and the BBC – have been suggesting that the U.S. and Europe may be heading for a "divorce."

President Trump's Secretary of State has now shifted the discussion to the possibility of a reconciliation.

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Last week, a Hong Kong court imposed a 20-year prison sentence on Jimmy Lai, China's most prominent advocate for freedom of speech and the press.

The Wall Street Journal was hardly alone in observing that because he is 78 years old and in failing health, the sentence is tantamount to a death penalty.

Nevertheless, an unnamed "Spokesman for the Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry" quickly fired off a letter to the Journal's editorial board.

"The Wall Street Journal owes it to the public to rise above the use of clickbait headlines and disinformation," he scolded. "For your information, Hong Kong formally abolished the death penalty back in 1993."

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"Carthago delenda est!"

In case your Latin is rusty, that means "Carthage must be destroyed!" Cato the Elder would repeat the demand in every speech he gave in the Roman Senate.

This was between the Second and Third Punic Wars in the 150s BCE. In case your history is rusty, too, the Punic Wars were between Rome (you know where that is) and Carthage (which was on the coast of what is now Tunisia).

The conflict spanned 118 years, from 264 to 146 BCE. Talk about your "endless wars"! As a matter of fact, I intend to – after subjecting you to just three more paragraphs of ancient history.

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