𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐈𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐘,
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍, 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃, 𝐀𝐍𝐃
𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄
M.A. Rothman
𝐇𝐄𝐆𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐔𝐌 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍: 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐈𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐘, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍, 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine briefed the press today from the Pentagon. They walked through the operation from the strategic frame to the tactical receipts. The picture they painted is the most coherent statement of the Trump Iran doctrine put on the record in any single briefing of this conflict.
𝐇𝐄𝐆𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇’𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄, 𝐅𝐎𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐃, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐘
“𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘻 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘺. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
“𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺.”
“𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳, 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮.”
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐃, 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐄
“𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵.”
“𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘰. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵.”
“𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 24-7 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴. 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯’𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.”
“𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.”
𝐇𝐄𝐆𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇’𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍
“𝘛𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
“𝘛𝘰 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘹, 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘭, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭.”
“𝘛𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”
𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄’𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐒: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐&𝐀: 𝐇𝐄𝐆𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐓, 𝐊𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐀𝐙𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄
On the remaining Iranian fast-boat threat:
“𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”
On Iran trying to put fear into the public via “𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘴” — a question that produced the line of the briefing:
“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?” — General Caine
“𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵, 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺.” — Hegseth
On the diplomatic geometry behind Iran’s embarrassment:
“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭.”
On whether the ceasefire is over after the past 24 hours of exchanges:
“𝘕𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘜𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.”
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥.”
𝐎𝐍 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑, 𝐍𝐔𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐇𝐔
On Trump’s earlier “𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳” demand and the criticism that he capitulated:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘈, 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦.”
“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵.”
“45,000 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”
On the nuclear program:
“𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺.”
“𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 24-7 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳.”
On Netanyahu and Mossad publicly stating they will continue fighting Iran:
“𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱.”
𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄’𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟖𝟐𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍
“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘊𝘖𝘔 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭-𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 82𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦.”
“𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵-𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘐-𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬.”
Caine closed by remembering Sergeant William Rivers, Specialist Brianna Moffett, and Specialist Kennedy Sanders of the 718th Engineering Company U.S. Army Reserves out of Fort Benning, Georgia, killed January 28, 2024 by an Iranian-backed proxy at 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭.
Project Freedom is defensive, focused, temporary, and laser-targeted at one outcome: 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳. Iran is the aggressor. The U.S. is the supplier of last resort. The world is being told to step up, and most of it is.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩. 𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟖𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝.
𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫.
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