Doug Brignole's Iron Man Archive

IRGC Says Iran, Not US, Will Determine War's End As Trump Threatens Strikes '20 Times Harder' If Hormuz Transit Blocked Summary: Pentagon claims "winning": After ten days into Operation Epic Fury, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth lists objectives that include destroying Iran's missile infrastructure, defense industry, navy, and ensuring Tehran is "permanently" denied nuclear weapons. Trump's mixed messaging as war could end 'soon' while saying Iran's military is crippled, but also warns Tehran would be hit "20 times harder" if it disrupts oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Signs of Washington officials looking...

The Samson Option, Israel’s doctrine of last-resort nuclear retaliation, is no longer a theoretical contingency. At the end of seven weeks of war in the Persian Gulf, the conditions that might trigger it are not emerging; they may already be present. What began as a joint US/Israeli campaign for regime change and decapitation of Iran’s […]