_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
In the lead-up to the Iran strikes, there was no prime-time Oval Office address announcing the operation. No urgent appeal at the United Nations rallying allies to form a coalition. And Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not step before the press at the Pentagon until more than 48 hours after the operation had begun.
While President Trump announced the strike on Truth Social, the broader rationale was initially left undefined.
Well, the president and his team are finally coalescing around a justification for Operation Epic Fury.
The crux of the operation, according to the White House, rests on four core objectives: 1) eliminate Iran’s missile program. 2) Eliminate Iran’s Navy. 3) Ensure Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon. 4) Disable Iran from funding terrorism and its proxy armies.
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