The Islamic Republic of Iran has been at war with the United States for decades, but after the embassy takeover in 1979, it was an indirect war fought against us by Iranian proxies in places like Lebanon and Iraq. Now, emboldened by years of a weak, appeasing American response, Iran has progressed to the next step: waging open, direct war against the United States.

That is the significance of the announcement today that federal investigators have discovered an Iranian-directed terrorist plot against Washington, DC.

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