The current zig-zagging on Iran is highly detrimental to American interests. President Trump appears to change his mind on Iran virtually every week. At the same time VP Vance is bent on selling out American interests to the Mullah regime. Neither leader appears to understand the Khomeinist regime and America is paying the price in terms of losing the war and the undermining of vital American interests. President Trump is stuck in the same behavior of issuing threats which he subsequently withdraws. The conclusion must be clear: One cannot wage war on an Islamist theocracy without understanding Islam and neither leader has any knowledge of Shia sharia and may not even know about the existence of the Twelver sect and the Jafari school of jurisprudence. Iran’s leaders (military and civilian) have extensive knowledge of American civilization and use their knowledge to manipulate the American leadership strictly in accordance with Jafari sharia. Every decision in Iran is done in accordance with sharia and to wage war on an Islamist theocracy without understanding anything about Islam is complete dereliction of responsibility.