By THE CENTER SQUARE
Feb. 28, 2026 – Massive strikes by the United States against Iran in Operation Epic Fury started overnight, with allied support from Israel.
Second-term Republican President Donald Trump addressed the nation and the Iranian people shortly after the strikes began. He told the Iranian people the “hour of your freedom is at hand. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take.”
Trump instructed the Iranian people to “stay sheltered. Don’t leave your home.”
The president underscored that the objective of the mission is to “defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.”
“Iran is the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terror,” said the president.
In response to the large, coordinated attack, Iran has been carrying out strikes against several American military bases in the region, including striking the U.S. Fifth Fleet Naval headquarters in Bahrain, according to multiple reports.
In his address, the president warned there could be American casualties. He said his administration “has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to U.S. personnel in the region.”
“I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill the lives of courageous American heroes,” Trump said. “We may have causalities, that often happens in war, but we’re doing this, not for now, we’re doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission. We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure that Americans and our children will never be threatened by a nuclear armed Iran.”
The president warned members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Iranian police to “lay down” their weapons. If not, he said, they would “face certain death.”
This is the second strike against the Islamic State in less than a year. In June, the U.S. carried out Operation Midnight Hammer, targeting Iran’s nuclear sites.
13 thoughts on “US, Israel strike Iran in Operation Epic Fury”
Correction: “Israel, using its puppet the USA, strikes Iran in Operation Epic Failure”.
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Same as always.
So Jefferson ……you support state sponsored terrorism by Iran, and the risk of mullahs with nukes in hand?
Sad!
No, I do not support state sponsored terrorism by Iran. Nor do I have love for the repressive theocratic government of Iran. Nor do I seek endless foreign monsters to slay.
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You see, unlike you, I am able to think beyond simplistic binary options, and reject the false dichotomies of black-or-white ‘thinking’.
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I also reject the perverse and decades-long zionist control of US foreign policy.
More antisemitic tropes.
Same as always.
Iran is far from any domestic threat. It is the same line every time> “taking precise and definitive action now will avoid another series of forever wars”. What a bunch of baloney.
My whole life we have been bombing other people and killing many innocents. And for what? Empire? We had so many things to do for our country (how about raising that replacement rate above 1.6 and creating conditions for thriving families) (how about all illegals must go)(how about re-industrializing and creating jobs ) and we have pissed it away for foreign adventures. I am filled with disgust. People who support this travesty, we are not the same. I do not want to be in a coalition with you types. You are not serious about saving our country and our culture. You are a stab in the back.
“……. People who support this travesty, we are not the same. I do not want to be in a coalition with you types……..”
Back at ya’. A relative is married to a woman whose family have been refugees in the U.S. for half a century. If you feel oppressed, maybe you should leave as a refugee? There are a few liberals who have fled to Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere. Maybe they’re happy? Have you looked into that? After the American Revolution, many Tories fled to Canada.
Reggie, it is you who are the Tory in this picture.
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Real, patriotic Americans, of all stripes, condemn this needless and outrageous warmongering act by Trump and the Washington neocon establishment at the behest of their zionist overlords. Maybe it is you who should emigrate, to the ‘promised land’ of those who control US foreign policy.
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My disgust for this war of aggression, and for those who blindly support it, knows no bounds.
“…….Maybe it is you who should emigrate……..”
I did. I’m a political and cultural refugee from a family of political and cultural refugees going back a confirmed and documented 300 years, which began with intercontinental enslavement. We were quite literally dragged here kicking and screaming. During the past 300 years we’ve been running all over the North American continent from oppression. I’m the first of my family to arrive here in Alaska over a half century ago, followed by several others, when Alaska was pretty much a land of indigenous peoples and federal management with an infant state government, and I became a federal asset. Yes, I’m a Tory. I guess you’re going to try to get me to packing back to another land, and my bet is that you’re going to fail. You are free to prove otherwise. Start your revolution.
Jeff,
Not everyone blindly supports this action many are informed and support it because, unlike you, they are not blinded by their hatred.
“………. There are a few liberals who have fled to Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere……….”
WhoopsI I typed too fast! Apparently, your refugee options are being reduced as you weep:
“……Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued statements on Saturday morning supporting United States and Israeli military operations against Iran……….”
Donald Trump will be remembered for many things. Starting WWIII is one of them.
Micah,
Thanks for not resorting to antisemitic rants to share your opinion on your disagreement with America’s actions. I tend to think that the Iranian regime is/was a domestic threat, as they’ve resorted to terrorism across the globe and have said that they would do so here. Considering the fact that the Iranian regime called the US the Great Satan and has repeatedly called for our destruction, all while endlessly trying to build nuclear weapons, it isn’t too hard to imagine sleeper cells sneaking into in this country through the formerly wide open borders. If they had enough nuclear material to create a dirty bomb, well that wouldn’t be too hard to imagine or consider a domestic threat would it?
Kill all the Mullahs. Their 72 virgins await them. Maybe even a few homosexuals.