During a Wednesday press conference, Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth made clear how the U.S. would be approaching the fight with Iran.
Hegseth declared that the fight is not a “fair” one, but it wasn’t meant to be. America is playing to win and that includes “punching them while they’re down.” This, he says, is “exactly how it should be.”
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“America is winning decisively, devastatingly and without mercy. Under the direct command of President Trump, the War Department unleashed this operation early Saturday morning. Just four days ago. Which means we need to remember two things. First, we are only four days into this. Metrics are shifting, dust is settling and more forces are arriving. It is very early and as President Trump said, we will take all the time we need to succeed. Second, we are only four days into this. And the results have been incredible. Historic really. Only the United States of America could lead this, only us. When you add Israeli Defense Forces, a devastatingly capable force, the combination is sheer destruction for our radical Islamist Iranian adversaries,” he said.
“They are toast and they know it. At least soon enough, they will know it. And we have only just begun to hunt, dismantle, demoralize, destroy and defeat their capabilityies capabilities, just four days in,” Hegseth added. “Starting last night, and to be completed in a few days, in under a week, the two most powerful air forces in the world will have complete control of Iranian skies, uncontested airspace. I hope all folks watching understand what uncontested airspace and complete control means. It means we will fly all day, all night, day and night, finding, fixing and finishing the missiles and defense industrial base of the Iranian military. Finding and fixing their leaders and their military leaders, flying over Tehran, flying over Iran, flying over their capitol, flying over the IRGC. Iranian leaders looking up and seeing only U.S. and Israeli air power. Every minute of every day until we decide it is over. And Iran will be able to do nothing about it.”
“We’re playing for keeps. Our war fighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the president and yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it. This was never meant to be a fair fight and it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be. Thus far, Operation Epic Fury has delivered twice the air power of Shock and Awe of Iraq in 2003, minus Paul Bremmer, and the nation-building. The campaign has seven times the intensity of Israel’s previous operations against Iran during the Twelve Day War, seven times. And as President Trump said, more and larger waves are coming; we’re just getting started,” he continued. “We are accelerating, not decelerating. Iran’s capabilities are evaporating by the hour, while American strength grows fiercer, smarter and utterly dominant. More bombers and more fighters are arriving just today. And now, with complete control of the skies, we will be using 500-pound, 1,000-pound and 2,000-pound GPS and laser-guided precision gravity bombs, of which we have a nearly unlimited stockpile. We used more exquisite standoff munitions at the start, but no longer need to. Our stockpiles of those, as well as patriots, remains extremely strong.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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