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Subhead:Middle East Forum founder Daniel Pipes says that if Iran's regime survives the current conflict and secures a favourable deal with the U.S., it could reverse a 14-year global decline of the Islamist movement.# YouTube-embed:6cWwf8mz_TY Four House Republicans broke with President Trump this week, joining Democrats to pass a resolution demanding an end to the war in Iran. It was a small number, but a meaningful one. And for Dr. Daniel Pipes, founder of the Middle East Forum, it signals something larger. Pipes joined guest host Sheila Gunn Reid on Thursday's edition of The Ezra Levant Show to walk through what the vote means for Trump, for the war, and for the broader Islamist movement watching from the sidelines. “President Trump is losing his tight control over the House and Senate,” Pipes said, noting that the vote reflects a growing sense among Americans that the war is not going well and that Congress needs a say in how it ends. Under the War Powers Act, a president can engage in 60 days of hostilities without congressional approval — but not more. The House vote, Pipes argued, is the people's representatives drawing that line. The war itself, which began in February 2026, was ambitious to the point of overreach. Trump called for the overthrow of the Iranian regime, the elimination of its nuclear program, and the dismantling of its ballistic missile capabilities. “You can't do all that,” Pipes stated, especially without committing significant ground troops, and without first building the popular support that any such undertaking requires.
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