Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, hold a press briefing at the Pentagon to update on the current status of “Operation Epic Fury.” Today is day 55 of the conflict.
Secretary Hegseth outlined how the U.S. blockade of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz is ongoing. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps are trying to use small boats to lay underwater mines while the U.S. military continues taking them apart. WATCH (prompted):
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Secretary of War Hegseth: “Time for free riding is over”!
“America and the free world deserve allies who are capable, who are loyal, and who understand that being an ally is not a one-way street. It’s a two-way street.”
The bare minimum, really…
Looks to me like our allies have been swapped out for new ones… we’re not in World War Two anymore.
I thoroughly appreciate these briefings-
to learn directly from the men (including Adm. Cooper) of what our forces are doing on our behalf.
Good briefing Great to hear from those who are in the thick of it.
Detain every Iranian outbound tanker, continue Iranian blockade and start bombing their bridges, and power plant distribution lines. Make their lives visibly more difficult. Increase the pressure. This regime needs to die.
Read recently that perhaps as many as 60% of the small boats manned by the IRGC navy – those used for laying mines and harrassing shipping – still exist and are ready for use, but that being so small they are very difficult to locate and destroy when they are not out on the water. They are distributed in small numbers all up and down the coast in among all manner of other non-military water craft. Well, if the IRGC continues to send them out trying to close the strait, then our forces should range up and down the Iranian coast destroying everything that floats and everywhere those boats can be hidden. If that is how they want to operate, then sink everything.
Increasing the pressure should also include taking out that rail line in the northeast of the country that connects Iran to China.
I applaud all of our brave warriors, President Trump, Secretary Hegseth and all of the military leaders of the Iran operation.
However, I am growing weary from all of the cheerleading that General Cain is doing for the intelligence community.
I get the impression that the general is attempting to convince us that FISA 702 reauthorization is necessary for the war effort. It’s not. 702 could die today and there would be no change in the intelligence gathering pertaining to foreign enemies. We are rightly concerned about INTERNAL surveillance.
Maybe I’m being too sensitive and too suspicious. Maybe I’m way off base. I just get suspicious when a member of the government goes full cheerleader in public for the IC at the same time we are debating FISA 702 reauthorization.