THOMAS SOWELL WARNS WEST ON IRAN IN 2025 STRIKE AFTERMATH. At 94, Thomas Sowell delivers a powerful rebuke of U.S. policy on Iran, calling Israel's 2025 airstrike a necessary response to Western inaction.
A Voice of Clarity Amid Crisis: Thomas Sowell on the Iranian Threat and Western Delusion In June 2025, as the world stood on the edge of regional catastrophe, a 94-year-old voice of seasoned clarity emerged once more to confront the illusions of Western diplomacy and moral indecision. That voice belonged to Thomas Sowell, the prolific economist, social theorist, and conservative intellectual whose sharp critiques have spanned generations. In a speech that echoed with urgency and conviction, Sowell addressed the Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities and the broader failure of American foreign policy. Israel's airstrike—Operation Rising Lion—was not merely a bold military maneuver. It was, in Sowell's words, "a belated attempt to restore deterrence in a region unraveling under the weight of American indecision." The context was dire: Iran had enriched uranium to near weapons-grade purity, installed advanced centrifuges, and expanded its nuclear infrast...