In Iran, what does ‘finish the job’ even mean?

Since the war against Iran, “Operation Epic Fury,” began on Feb. 28, a number of pundits have declaratively stated that the U.S. must now “finish the job.”

The latest of these pronouncements come from radio host and columnist Hugh Hewitt. To be sure, I have long had a great deal of respect for Hewitt and his opinions. That said, like all others advocating to “finish the job” in Iran, Hewitt provides zero specifics as to how one would accomplish that monumental and blood-soaked feat.

Hewitt says: “Simply put: Iran is as evil a regime as exists on the planet and, given that it is run by religious fanatics with a peculiar theology rooted in end-times eschatology and ‘resistance’ up to and especially including martyrdom, it is a uniquely dangerous regime. It cannot be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction or an arsenal of conventional weapons sufficient to deter normal regimes from stopping it from obtaining WMD, especially nuclear weapons.”

Why does that sound so familiar?

Just before the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003 during the George W. Bush administration, a number of pundits, editorial writers, “experts” and neocons were advocating for that invasion to “overthrow” the “evil” Saddam Hussein and “free” Iraq. Many seemed to view the process as some sort of game or sporting event with human pawns to be played —........

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