"Epic Fury" - War with Iran - Where are we now?
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. After President Trump declared a ceasefire had been reached, the IRGC fired upon Israel, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. The Iran-backed Houthis fired upon Israel. President Trump stopped Israel from responding to Iran, but not Iran-backed Hezbollah.
CRITICS:
No regime change has occurred in Iran. Pezeshkian is still the president, Ejei is still calling shots for the judiciary, and Ghalibaf still controls the parliament. Mohseni Ejei, head of the Islamic regime’s judiciary, orders faster executions of more than 50k protesters in Iran.There is no solid basis for claiming Iran has been completely disarmed. US intelligence can only reliably confirm that about a third of Iran’s missile arsenal has been destroyed.President Trump has always been a hawk on Iran. He didn't need to be convinced to launch an attack. The Trump administration's incompetence included not planning for the closing of Strait of Hormuz. People with experience and knowledge have been purged and the US now lacks knowledge on how to deal with certain challenges.https://www.vickywardinvestigates.com/p/will-we-be-talking-about-renewedSUPPORTERS
From John Spencer:In every speech, briefing, and official statement from President Trump, Secretary of Defense Hegseth, Secretary of State Rubio, the Joint Chiefs, and the White House, the objectives of Operation Epic Fury have been:
1. Destroy Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal and production capacity
2. Annihilate its navy
3. Ensure Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon
4. End the regime’s ability to arm, fund, and direct terrorist proxies
From Sia KordistaniObjectives achieved *so far*:
1) Iran's nuclear program decimated.
2) Missile production and drone production factories mostly destroyed.
3) Iran's defense industrial base, including applied sciences sites, wrecked.
4) Iran's steel production and precious petrochemical industry mostly destroyed, making it difficult to reconstitute some of the above capabilities, and making the regime poorer.
5) Iran's Navy and Airforce nearly totally obliterated.
6) Justice delivered to the mass murderers of the Iranian people.
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