Civilizations do not fall all at once. They decay when their defenders hesitate, and when those who seek their destruction face no resistance. I come from Iran, a country that once moved toward modernity but was dragged into darkness by the very forces Israel confronts today. I watched a society with thousands of years of culture collapse under fanaticism, and I learned how quickly a nation can lose everything when civilization is left undefended. That experience shapes how I see Israel’s struggle. Israel stands on a frontier where movements built on cruelty and domination still believe they can break the modern world through terror. Anyone who has lived through Iran’s undoing understands how real this threat is. Standing with Israel is not a symbolic act. It is recognizing the same ideology that swallowed Iran now pressing against the borders of another nation. Israel absorbs the first blows, so others do not face them unprepared. It carries a burden most countries only understand after it is too late. A nation that holds that line is not just protecting itself. It is defending the thin boundary that separates civilization from the ruins left behind when extremism wins.