COMMENTARY_ “The Godfather” logic key to understanding Iran’s nuclear-weapons quest (Don Feder - THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

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“The Godfather” logic key to understanding Iran’s nuclear-weapons quest

Like Michael Corleone, realists recognize deception and act before threats escalate

Iran’s diplomacy and nuclear weapons illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times more >

COMMENTARY

By Don Feder - Sunday, April 26, 2026

OPINION:


In “The Godfather,” after Virgil Sollozzo fails to kill the don at the hospital, Sonny Corleone, who is temporarily in charge of the family, says the drug kingpin now wants to negotiate a truce and “the deal is so good, we can’t refuse.”

Michael Corleone, the don’s youngest son, isn’t convinced. A steely-eyed realist, Michael declares: “I don’t care what Sollozzo says about a deal, he’s gonna kill Pop. That’s it. That’s the key for him. Gotta get Sollozzo.”

This leads to the famous two-in-the-head scene in the Italian restaurant.

For the Islamic Republic of Iran, the key is getting nuclear weapons. It doesn’t matter what the deal is, what the regime agrees to in negotiations. Nuclear weapons will remain the goal as long as the regime exists.

It can’t dominate the region without nuclear blackmail, and there is always the chance that it will use nukes to bring about its Islamic apocalypse.

What happens in Islamabad is irrelevant. The Iranian regime is notorious for broken promises. The concept of taqiyya, lying to deceive one’s enemies, is part of Shiite Islam.

Negotiate with the ayatollahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps? We might as well have negotiated with Adolf Hitler in 1945. Try to imagine Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower telling the Germans: “We’ll stop fighting if you promise to stop building V-2 rockets and park your Tiger tanks.”

After six weeks of being bombed on a massive scale, Iran’s military is significantly degraded. As President Trump never tires of telling us, Iran’s navy lies at the bottom of the sea. It has no air force left. We control the skies. Its missile stockpile is almost gone.

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