Boxing Khamenei

<![CDATA[In 1993, Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn starred in a pretty awful avant-garde movie called Boxing Helena. As the movie progressed, the psychotic obsession an Atlanta surgeon had for his neighbor resulted in amputating both her legs, and then, her arms so that she would be completely under his control. It was a horrible movie, portraying a pretty horrible existence, before revealing it was all just a dream. But if you substitute Helena out and replace her with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that's pretty much the box in which he now finds himself. In short, the previous fortnight did more to reset the post-World War II order created by the United States than any other period of history in my lifetime. With the coordinated B-2 strikes, along with the mop-up work by our submarines and Nimitz carrier group forces, along with increased capability and resolve by Israel, now having emerged as the regional hegemony in the Middle East, lessons to be learned are available for allies and adversaries alike all over the world. Retired Israeli Brigadier General Amir Avivi appeared on Fox News Tuesday with Martha MacCallum. America is back.    Iran pulled off the unthinkable in a week. The new axis of evil - China, Russia, and Iran, has disintegrated. Vladimir Putin not only pulled the Pastor Johnson card from Blazing Saddles, saying, "Son, you're on your own," he went further by calling up Donald Trump and offered help to handle Iran. Trump's response? Thanks, but no thanks.    And after the strike on Iran's nuclear sites of Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan Friday night, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, signaled he was going to retaliate by closing off the Straits of Hormuz, which also happens to be the choke point for about 80% of China's imported crude oil. Xi Jinping disabused Khamenei very quickly of that idea, and has indicated that they're willing to walk away from their previous alliance with the terror state. From the Times of Israel:]]>