Well?…. I guessed this one….
The General’s and Admiral’s want the troops and equipment to catch their breath?
The response to THAT?
More attacks…..
- The U.S. military says it’s striking new targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action. U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that the strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the Iranian government against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The renewed fighting, which the U.S. military has tried to cast as limited, comes after President Donald Trump appeared to pivot last month toward punishing Iran economically with sanctions.
- Trump had acknowledged Monday that more strikes might be necessary a day after the U.S. military said it struck rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by launching missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan, which were intercepted, while the United Arab Emirates said it stopped an Iranian drone over its waters.
- Monday also brought the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who is stepping down after 18 months on the job.
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Trump says if Iran retaliates, the US will hit back harder
The president said in a post on social media that the U.S. was striking targets near the Strait of Hormuz.
“If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings,” he said.
Trump added: “When it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!”
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Iran’s speaker: ‘It is we who control the strait’
The Strait of Hormuz “is a place where at least 120 ships used to transit every 24 hours. Even if two or three ships manage to pass through on some nights now, that in fact shows that we have control over the entire Strait of Hormuz,” Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said in a video posted on a state TV Telegram channel.
“The information we have — open and covert, visible and hidden — shows us that after failing in the military and diplomatic arenas, the enemy has added a very broad economic war and cognitive war to its military campaign,” Qalibaf said. “The enemy’s objective in this hybrid war is to create unrest and chaos inside the country. That is their malicious intention. … Or they may try to force us to surrender through diplomacy. Never.”
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Democrats are deeply concerned about the Pentagon’s leadership
Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that Driscoll “worked to transform the Army for the battlefield of the future, and he engaged with Congress candidly and consistently.”
“Secretary Hegseth is cultivating a culture where dissent is punished and competence is secondary to personal allegiance,” said Reed, a former Army officer, while noting that “hundreds of thousands of soldiers are deployed around the world, many in combat zones.”
Rep. Jason Crow, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and co-chairs the House Army Caucus, said the “Pentagon right now is, in some cases, rudderless,” with so many senior leaders gone. “So, I’m gravely concerned about it,” he said.
Note….
This dog is of the view that Pete Hegseth’s tenure as Defense Sec IS gonna been rough sailing with the next Congress….
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