A nuclear Iran would also have been a game changer in the region. Although Israel has spectacularly decimated the regime’s proxy militia, especially Hezbollah, in recent months, the regime was already taking steps to rebuild its “ring of fire”. A nuclear umbrella would have provided a degree of immunity to the most fanatical militia on Earth and emboldened every other rogue state on the planet.

But this isn’t just about the nukes. The defanging of the Iranian regime – which is now likely staggering towards its demise – represents nothing other than the collapse of the main pillar of global jihadism. For decades, Tehran has been the head of the octopus, behind all the bloodthirsty fanaticism from Lebanon to Yemen, Iraq to the streets of London. Of course, Qatar remains. But the wind is now in the sails of the righteous.

This summed it up. Winston Churchill might have been addressing the Starmer Government as well as Neville Chamberlain when he pointed out that “you were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour and you will have war.” It is only the boldness of Jerusalem and Washington that has saved us this awful fate.