Donald Trump has urged Iranians to ‘take over’ their government after the United States and Israel struck targets across the country. A multitude of Iranian military and government targets were hit by missiles in what is turning out to be a joint operation far more comprehensive than the 12-day air campaign last June. Back then, Trump’s objectives were limited: degrade Iran’s three largest nuclear facilities. This time, Trump’s eyes are on a bigger prize—a full-scale decapitation of the Iranian leadership and a degradation of Tehran’s military power.
“We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” Trump said in a short address an hour before the U.S. airstrikes occurred. “We’re going to annihilate their navy. We’re going to ensure that the region’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilise the region or the world and attack our forces..And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.”
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