From the sands of Iraq to the briefs under Presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden, we’ve served decades watching Iran pull strings as the undisputed kingpin of global terror. Labeled the #1 state sponsor of terrorism since 1984, Iran’s regime doesn’t just hate Americans for being American—they despise anyone standing in their Shia supremacist path, from Sunni neighbors to Catholics in the crosshairs.1
The Brutal Sectarian Machine
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Quds Force orchestrate “sectarian cleansing” against fellow Muslims just for being Sunni—death squads, barrel bombs, and scorched-earth tactics in Iraq and Syria. In Iraq, Iran-backed Shia militias like Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and Kata’ib Hezbollah abducted, tortured, and executed tens of thousands of Sunnis, destroying thousands of homes and mosques with no military need, per Human Rights Watch—classic war crimes.2 Syria saw IRGC proxies help Assad depopulate Sunni Homs and Ghouta, resettling Shia to erase communities.3 Inside Iran, Sunni Baluch and Kurds face executions and raids, proving Tehran values power over piety.4
Proxy Terror Army
Iran arms a hit list of killers: Hezbollah ($700M/year, Beirut barracks bombers), Hamas ($100M/year, Oct 7 slaughter), Palestinian Islamic Jihad ($70M/year, rocket barrages), Houthis (Red Sea chaos), and militias like Fatemiyoun and Zainebiyoun—tools of the Quds Force with zero regard for innocent life, from women and children to hostages.5
Military Muscle and Forbidden Weapons
GFP ranks Iran #16 worldwide—610K troops, 2K tanks, submarine fleet, drone swarms, 20+ spy satellites—punching above peers like North Korea in reach, dwarfing Somalia.6 But the real nightmare: covert chemical/biological programs defying treaties, with mustard gas legacy and bioweapon R&D like anthrax/smallpox pursuits, eyed for missiles.7 Ever seen someone hit with anthrax or smallpox?
New Mexicans, we’ve trained for this chessboard foe—cowardly strikes on civilians, proxy terrorist wars, hostage hell tactics, exchanging oil and arms for terrorist hits. Their hate isn’t politics; it’s existential—for our freedom, your faith and family. Iran attacks because America embodies what their theocracy fears. Whatever your stance is on US military action in Iran, just understand there is a plethora of justification for the US to close out this 40-year chess game. Support your fellow Servicemembers at home and abroad as they decimate what might be the most prominent anti-American regime in history.8
Endnotes
1 U.S. State Department, Country Reports on Terrorism (various years); Wikipedia, “Iran and state-sponsored terrorism.” en.wikipedia
2 Human Rights Watch, “Iraq: Possible War Crimes by Shia Militia”; Wikipedia, “Sectarian violence against Sunni Arabs in Iraq.” en.wikipedia
3 Independent reports on Syria; YouTube, “Iranian Sectarian Cleansing in Syria and Iraq.” youtube
4 Iran Human Rights, “Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs.” iranhumanrights
5 IDF, “Iran’s Proxies”; CFR, “Iran’s Regional Armed Network”; FDD, “Iran and its Network of Nineteen Terrorist Organizations.” idf
6 Global Firepower, “2026 Iran Military Strength.” globalfirepower
7 FDD, “Countering Iran’s Covert Chemical Weapons Program”; Arms Control Association, “Iran Profile.” fdd
8 White House, “The Iranian Regime’s Decades of Terrorism Against American Citizens.” whitehouse
