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RE: Israel Is Attacking Iran...Now US
We'll all know we are really in a war today, as soon as we hear Rand Paul start squeaking.
Meanwhile, people still seem to have questions about what we're trying to do in Iran. It dawned on me that Trump explained it all in his 8 minute speech. So, from Post #17 above, I'm repeating the text of his speech here.
If you read all this, it should answer any questions.
Quote:From Trump, on pre-recorded video. This is the full text of his 8 minute speech:
"A short time ago, the US Military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people.
Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world. For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted "Death to America!" and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder, targeting the United States, our troops, and the innocent people in many many countries.
Among the regime's very first acts was to conduct a violent takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for 144 days. In 1983, Iran's proxies carried out the Marines' barracks bombing in Beirut, that killed 241 American military personnel.
In 2000, they knew and were probably involved in the attack on the USS Cole. Many died. Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American service members in Iraq. The regime's proxies have continued to launch countless attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in recent years, as well as US naval and commercial vessels in international shipping lanes.
It's been mass terror, and we are not going to put up with it any longer. From Lebanon to Yemen, and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts.
That was Iran's proxy, Hamas, that launched the monstrous October 7th attack on Israel, slaughtering more than 1000 innocent people, including 46 Americans, while taking 12 of our citizens hostage. It was brutal, something like the world has never seen before.
Iran is the world's #1 state sponsor of terror, and just recently killed tens of thousands of its own citizens on the street as they protested.
It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular, my administration, that this terrorist regime will never have a nuclear weapon. I will say it again. They can NEVER have a nuclear weapon. That is why in Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz and Estehan.
After that attack, we warned them NEVER to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to make a deal. We tried. They wanted to do it, they didn't want to do it, again they wanted to do it, they didn't want to do it, they didn't know what was happening, they just wanted to practice evil.
But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades. They rejected every opportunity to denounce their nuclear ambitions, and we can't take it any more. Instead, they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and continued developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas, and could soon reach the American homeland.
Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they ever had, and actually were armed with nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message.
For these reasons, the United States Military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again, obliterated.
We are going to annihilate their Navy, we are going to ensure the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world and attack our forces, and no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs, as they are sometimes called, to so gravely wound and kill thousands and thousands of people, including many Americans.
And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. It's a very simple message. They will NEVER have a nuclear weapon. This regime shall soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States' armed forces.
I built, and rebuilt, our military in my first administration, and there is no military on earth even close to its power, strength or sophistication. My administration has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to US personnel in the region.
Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war. But we're doing this not for now, we're doing this for the future, and it's a noble mission.
We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure that Americans and their children will never be threatened by a nuclear armed Iran. We ask God to protect all of our heroes in harm's way, and we trust that, with His help, the men and women of the armed forces will prevail. We have the gre3atest in the world, and they WILL prevail.
To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces and all of the police, I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity. Or, in the alternative, face certain death.
SO, lay down your arms, you will be treated fairly and with total immunity, or you will face certain death.
Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered, don't leave your home, it's very dangerous outside, bombs will be dropping everywhere.
When we are finished, TAKE OVER YOUR GOVERNMENT. It will be yours to take. This will be, probably, your only chance for generations.
For many years, you have asked for America's help, but you never got it. No president was ever willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving you what you want, so let's see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force. Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach.
This is the moment for action. Do NOT let it pass. May God bless the brave men and women of America's armed forces, may God bless the United States of America, may God bless you all. Thank you."
(This post was last modified: 02-28-2026 08:05 AM by TripleA.)
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