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America struck first and struck with purpose when Operation Epic Fury began on February 28, 2026, a coordinated U.S.-Israeli campaign designed to degrade the Iranian regime’s ability to threaten our nation and allies. The timing and scale were no accident; military planners stacked precision strikes and naval actions to hit key nodes in Tehran’s offensive capability. This isn’t chaos — it’s deliberate pressure applied until the regime can no longer sponsor terror and nuclear ambition.
Retired Gen. Jack Keane made the sober point on Life, Liberty & Levin that Epic Fury is being executed with condition-based objectives rather than arbitrary deadlines, and that organizations which sustain the regime are being systematically taken down. That is the kind of strategic clarity conservatives have demanded for years — don’t chase headlines, chase effects on the ground. Keane’s military judgment matters because it reflects an understanding that victory is measured in degraded capability, not photo ops.
Iran’s response has predictably been layered: missile barrages, naval probes, cyber activity and proxy attacks across the region designed to test our resolve and sow panic. Tehran’s playbook is classic asymmetric retaliation, and foreign partners have had to work overtime to blunt missile and drone salvos that would otherwise spread the war. We should be clear-eyed: Iran can lash out, but the regime can’t rebuild what American and allied firepower has removed without paying a heavy price.
The White House and Pentagon have repeatedly emphasized that Epic Fury is focused, surgical and condition-driven — not endless occupation or nation-building. That restraint undercuts critics who scream for immediate withdrawal while simultaneously expecting decisive results; you can’t have both. The responsible conservative stance is to demand clear objectives, full support for our troops, and a strategy that ends Iranian aggression without surrendering American strength.
Some in the press and on the left are already trying to minimize the threat Tehran posed or to lecture from the sidelines about proportionality while ignoring decades of Iranian hostility. Realists know that strength and resolve prevent future catastrophe; appeasement invites it. The American people should stand behind commanders who set smart conditions for success and behind troops carrying out those orders with professionalism and courage.
If Epic Fury accelerates the strategic degradation of a regime that has hunted our citizens and armed terrorists, then what we are witnessing could be the opening chapter of Iran’s unraveling. Conservatives should not cheer chaos for its own sake, but we must celebrate a policy that finally uses American power to protect American lives and allies abroad. Stand with the troops, demand clarity from the policymakers, and never apologize for defending the republic against a murderous, expansionist theocracy.
