GAFFNEY: This won’t be over tmr. I mourn the loss of 3 American servicemen. Will we take more casualties? Of course there will. This is likely to be a hard slog. BANNON: I’m going to be brutally frank. If it’s a hard slog, that was not pitched in the 2024 campaign. We’re going to bleed support.
POSOBIEC: We’re seeing the Iranian response as U.S. and Israeli strikes continue. Iran is waging asymmetric warfare, hitting tankers, oil platforms, Dubai, Jebel Ali, and Gulf partners to pressure the U.S. to sue for peace.
BANNON: How concerned are you that a diesel boat could slip out of the Straits of Hormuz and threaten the strike group? CAPT FANELL: Iran has 28 to 30 subs. Not a surprise they’d try. But Lincoln has had air and sea supremacy for weeks, with escorts watching the undersea domain. They can try. That’s war. So far, nothing close to our carriers.
The U.S. and Israel originally planned to attack Iran a week earlier than they did, but the opening strike was delayed for operational and intelligence reasons, according to senior U.S. and Israeli officials. Why it matters: The delay gave President Trump another week to choose between the two parallel tracks — diplomacy and war — he had been walking for nearly two months. - It also made the final round of nuclear talks in Geneva far more consequential, giving Iran one last chance to make a deal. Behind the scenes: After the second round of U.S.-Iran talks ended without significant progress on Feb. 17, U.S. and Israeli military planners were preparing to launch strikes four days later — on Saturday, Feb. 21. - But the go-ahead…
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Trump has taken an approach to selling U.S. citizens on military action in Iran that contrasts with his predecessors, seeking to avoid completely owning it.
PRINCE: Regimes aren’t changed by air power alone. These are ultimately decided by ground combat. It’s wishful thinking to believe otherwise. And now it’s cost American lives. When you load that many troops and aircraft into the region, you almost guarantee a response.
PRINCE: Taking out the leadership alone is undoubtedly a bold move. I hope it was the president’s decision alone and not arm twisted by supporters or billionaire donors around him.