long war and troops in Iran, the plan changes

“We can handle a very long war”

“We’re going faster than expected. We’re already substantially ahead of our time predictions,” Trump says at the White House, explaining that – from the start we anticipated four to five weeks, but we have the capacity to go much longer. We will do it,” he says, partially refuting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s categorical claims that “this is not Iraq, this is not an endless war.” “Someone said, ‘The president wants to do this very quickly, then he’ll get bored.’ I’m not bored. There is nothing boring about all this. Iran’s military leadership was neutralized in about an hour, so we’re way ahead of schedule,” Trump says. The ultimate goal is to “ensure that the number one sponsor of terrorism never gets a nuclear weapon, I’ve said that from the beginning.

This was our last and best chance to strike and eliminate the intolerable threats posed by this sick and sinister regime. The regime already had missiles capable of hitting Europe and our bases, both local and abroad, and would soon be able to reach our beautiful America,” he adds.”They were on the path to having the nuclear weapon legitimately through an agreement that had been stupidly signed by our country”, he says referring to the agreement obtained by Barack Obama. At the moment, however, no elements have been provided relating to the progress of the Iranian nuclear program and the existence of concrete threats.

“We will ensure that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, finance and direct armies of terrorists outside its borders,” Trump says. To complete the work, might it be necessary to send soldiers to Iranian territory? “I have no hesitations about ‘boots on the ground’as every president says: ‘There will be no ground troops.’ I don’t say it. There probably won’t be a need, I would only evaluate if necessary.” “We are destroying Iran’s missile capabilities and you can see it every hour that passes, along with their ability to produce new and rather effective ones. We are annihilating their Navy. We have already sunk 10 ships, they are at the bottom of the sea.” The USA, apparently, has not yet dealt the knockout blow: “We are about to hit them very hard, the operation is going very well. The big wave of attacks hasn’t happened yet, it will arrive soon.”

General Caine warns: ‘This is not an overnight operation’

The information provided by General Dan Caine, commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is more detailed. The US armed forces, he says in the first press conference at the Pentagon since the start of the operation, have achieved “air superiority” over Iran, a condition which “will not only strengthen the protection of our forces, but will also allow us to continue operations on Iranian territory”.

Caine traces the genesis of the attack: The President of the United States authorized the start of the operation on Friday at 3.38pm (9.38pm Italian). According to what the general reconstructed, the US Central Command (Centcom) received the order through the secretary of Defense, with the presidential message: “Operation Epic Fury approved. No cancellations. Good luck”. The military operation then began at 9:45 am on Saturday local time.

“This is not a one-night operationthe military objectives that have been assigned to Centcom and the Joint Force will take time and, in some cases, difficult and determined work. We expect that we will have more losses”, he says, preparing to strengthen the war machine: new US military forces are arriving in the Middle East. When asked how many troops are involved at the moment and how many will be involved, the general does not answer specifically but highlights that other “tactical aviation” soldiers are entering the theater. “I think we are almost at the point we want in terms of total capability and firepower”.