At the start of the U.S. war against Iran, President Trump released a video in which he boldly listed his goals and hopes for the military operation. Trump exhorted Iranian demonstrators to take over their government and vowed to confront the “wicked, radical dictatorship” in Tehran with devastating force.
The U.S., Trump said, would destroy Iran’s missiles and the factories that make them. Iran’s navy would be sunk, and its proxies would be so badly weakened that they could never again pose a threat to the region. Importantly, Iran would no longer have the option of developing a nuclear bomb.
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