Iran

At its outset, President Donald Trump set clear goals for Operation Epic Fury: 1) Eliminate the Iranian regime’s military and nuclear capabilities, and 2) Ultimately enable the Iranian people to replace the Islamic Republic with their own government. Succeeding statements from

The latest U.S. military attacks against Iran have been criticized by several members of Congress — including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia) — who argue the Iranian threat, nuclear or otherwise, was insufficiently imminent to justify self-defense.