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America has answered a series of brutal provocations with force, launching what military leaders are calling Operation Epic Fury — a coordinated U.S. and allied campaign of strikes aimed at dismantling Iran’s capacity to menace the region and our troops abroad. U.S. Central Command and on-the-ground Fox News reporting make clear the scope was unprecedented, with hundreds to thousands of regime targets struck in the opening days.
The cost of confronting a genocidal regime is never free: CENTCOM confirmed American casualties, and commanders and the president warned the nation to expect losses as fighting continues. The solemn reality of fallen service members underscores that this is a high-stakes mission of national survival, not a photo op for timid diplomats.
Fox News reporting has also highlighted an ugly intelligence truth: Iran’s shadow operators long cultivated networks and sleeper cells across the region and beyond, and the regime’s intelligence apparatus has plotted against American leaders and interests. Those links, and the death of key Iranian intelligence figures in the strikes, illuminate why decisive action was necessary to protect Americans and our allies from a patient, murderous enemy.
Security officials and former FBI leaders have been blunt on the homeland risk — sleeper cells and plotted assassinations cannot be dismissed as academic concerns when regime operatives have shown a willingness to strike abroad and inside allied nations. This is not scaremongering; it is the cold calculus of a determined adversary that has financed and trained proxies for decades.
It is right and proper to praise bold leadership that put our safety first, and it is equally proper to call out allies who fail to shoulder their share. President Trump has publicly criticized the lack of broader NATO engagement in confronting Tehran’s threat, and that rebuke should remind the transatlantic alliance that words without action are useless when American blood is on the line.
Patriots should demand clarity and toughness from Washington: if the United States is to finish what years of appeasement began, we must supply our warriors with the munitions, legal authority, and political resolve to see the mission through. The White House and CENTCOM insist the campaign is deliberate and aimed at degrading Iran’s war-making infrastructure — Congress and the country must back our troops with unity, not partisan second-guessing.
The road ahead will be hard and long, but history remembers who stood up when evil revealed itself. Lawmakers should act to provide clear authority and resources, NATO partners should stop sitting on the sidelines, and the American people should remain steadfast in support of the men and women carrying out this necessary campaign to protect our republic and keep the world free.
