Everything that could have been obliterated in Midnight Hammer was obliterated in Midnight Hammer.
Every president in the 21st century and the last one in the 20th century, said the Muslims in Iran must not have nukes. Were those presidents just blowing smoke? Or were they serious? Even after Midnight Hammer, the Mullahs were not going to give up their nukes. Negotiations were going nowhere because of them, not US.
And your point is... ?
The regime has been killing Americans for fifty years. They declared war on America in ‘79. We should all want these freaks eliminated
I can guess, but my guess is no better than anyone else's. I was just answering the question posed with what I think is the pretty obvious answer that CarRamRod outlined.Because they had intel to kill Khameni, right?There has to date not been a credible, "here is why we had to do this now" explanation. I am not sure I see why anyone should follow us into this any more than they should have Vietnam. Are we all in agreement Vietnam was a crappy, stupid decision?
Sure there was. Rubio spelled it out on day two. Israel was going to take out the leadership with a "decapitating" strike, and the US had to preemptively attack Iran's responding resources lest they get a chance to hit us first with their full capacity. Any other reason that's been proffered is window dressing. Netanyahu forced Trump's hand.
If you are going to take this tact, and I still think you’re completely wrong and Rubio clarified himself the next sentence. Israel’s intel on Khamenei’s location and declaration that they were going to act, determined the day the war started. Not whether there was a war at all.
The question I addressed (see the bolded above) was "why now," not "why a war at all?"
What does that achieve, strategically? It's well known the Iranian system isn't built upon some singular power structure. And a decapitation was never going to topple the govt.
Macron v. 2.0. Is his childhood male tutor now miraculously female?Is the new Supreme Leader (if not yet dead) gay? Well, Iran says there are no gay people in Iran, but have killed those that were gay. It's contradictory, of course. Will the new Supreme Leader be hanged when he gets back from Russia after recovery (if not yet dead)? The world wants to know.
Exclusive | Trump briefed that Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is probably gay
Evidently he survived the initial bombing because he was off in a closet with a “body guard” who died “protecting” him. The medical term for his amputation is “sphincter death rattle.”

