America’s military struck decisively this weekend in an operation the White House has called Operation Epic Fury, opening a new chapter in the long fight to neutralize Tehran’s capacity for terror and nuclear blackmail. The strikes signaled that the United States, allied with Israel, will no longer tolerate a regime that exports violence and sponsors proxies across the Middle East.
Reports show the operation was carefully coordinated and targeted Iran’s missile and military infrastructure in multiple cities, a necessary step to blunt the regime’s ability to threaten American lives and allies. This was not a reckless act of impulse — it followed months of planning with Israeli partners to strike hard at the sources of the danger.
President Trump framed the campaign explicitly as a mission to deny Iran a nuclear future and to give the Iranian people a real chance at freedom, even urging Iranians to seize the moment when the time comes. That message is blunt and unromantic, but it acknowledges a truth cowardly diplomats have long refused to say: liberty often requires strength, and strength sometimes requires action.
The Department of Defense’s decision to formalize the campaign’s name underlines the seriousness of the mission, which aims to dismantle Tehran’s missile, naval, and nuclear-capable assets and to degrade the Revolutionary Guard’s reach. Conservative foreign policy has always been clear-eyed — deterrence backed by the credible threat of force keeps America safe and gives oppressed people elsewhere their best chance at reclaiming liberty.
Senator Markwayne Mullin’s appearance on conservative outlets to explain the operation and to defend the “peace through strength” approach was the steady voice Americans deserve in a time of danger. Mullin reminded viewers that our first duty is to protect American lives and that standing strong abroad is the best way to keep enemies at bay while offering hopeful winds of change to those under tyranny.
Patriots should stand behind our commanders and our troops while demanding clarity of purpose from Washington: dismantle the regime’s capacity to wage war, punish those who threaten us, and support the brave souls who yearn for freedom. This is the moment for American resolve, not apologetics — let the world see that a nation of liberty will never negotiate away its security or its principles.
