Chapter 1: What are the implications of a nuclear-armed Iran?
Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat to the Middle East but also to the American people. Our country itself would be under threat and it was very nearly under threat. I was very proud to have knocked out the Iran nuclear deal by President Barack Hussein Obama. That was a horrible, horrible, dangerous document.
They would have had nuclear weapons We're just getting this information from the Israeli military right now. They say that they have hit, their words, dozens of targets belonging to the Iranian regime and its intelligence services in Tehran. So they're putting that out there. Now, we've seen evidence, right? As I mentioned, Colonel, we've seen that
some of the images, but they're now saying specifically dozens, and they're giving a bit more detail as I'm speaking here. They're saying that those dozens of strikes specifically targeted headquarters, bases, and regional command centers of, and I'm quoting them, the Iranian terrorist regime's internal security bodies. Now, that's coming from a statement that the IDF has just put out.
He never talked about the goal being getting rid of just the ruler, Ali Khamenei. He talked about the Iranian regime. He mentioned it nine times. He called for members of the Revolutionary Guard and the army and all of the police to lay down their weapons or face certain death. And he called for the Iranian people to take over your government. That is regime change.
This morning, Pete Hegseth says this isn't about regime change. And then the president at the Medal of Honor ceremonies you just played, he's saying, oh, this is about reducing their ballistic missile capabilities, their nuclear things. And they sort of exaggerated the missile capability. So it's all very confusing.
And then in the middle of those two events on Sunday, the president spoke with The New York Times and talked about how the Venezuela situation, which was just the ruler Maduro and his wife being ousted, how that was a perfect solution. So it's all very jumbled at this point.
This is a discussion that has not been had because he bypassed Congress. The accountability mechanism. A president has the right to take military action for 60 days. If there's an imminent threat. And there is no imminent threat.
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Chapter 2: How is Israel responding to Iranian threats?
Well, that might be your opinion. That's not my opinion. I sit on the Armed Services and the Intelligence Committee. If there are imminent threats, they have an obligation to tell us about it. I have seen no imminent threat. And even people within the administration have denied that there's an imminent threat. Do you think eventually there will be a need for boots on the ground?
I would not exclude it for those reasons or other, but we'll have to see how it goes forward. And will that include Israeli boots on the ground, do you think? I exclude nothing. We've been waiting for 47 years, and we came to a point where every necessary means should be taken in order to achieve our goals.
Yeah, it certainly appeared, at least from what we understand from the reporting, that the human intelligence so central to the initial strike here actually came from possibly a CIA intelligence agent on the ground, as opposed to Israeli, which we know, obviously, they have a deep network within Iran, but that that was CIA specifically. Well, let's take two of the objectives off the table.
That would be regime change and Iranian support for militias around the region. That leaves three goals, which is their nuclear program, their missile capabilities, and their Navy. And to destroy all the targets associated with those three areas, I think would take four to six weeks at a minimum.
And then, of course, we'll have to get the battle damage assessment and re-engage those that either we missed or that new targets pop up. But it's going to be an extensive campaign. This is not going to be over in a matter of days.
This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies, because we're going medieval on these people. I got a free shot on all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you've tried to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen.
And where do people like that go to share the big lie? Mega media. I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
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Chapter 3: What does the U.S. strategy entail regarding Iran?
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Bann.
It's Monday, the 2nd of March in the year of our Lord, 2026. We're in it now as this war starts to spread or this military operation starts to spread into other parts of the Middle East. We've had many of the Gulf states start to participate in this, and I understand that there's real anger from some of the Gulf states about the Persians hitting them during Ramadan.
So this, in fact, is a bunch of pieces up, some reporting done that the Saudis are talking to the Americans right now, talking to us about actually doing their own independent strikes. There's so much going on here. Today, two things. First, I had President Trump first time actually live to address this at the Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room.
said some very powerful stuff about what drove him to do it and what we should look for. Also, this morning at 8 o'clock, we covered it here live in Real America's Voice, but we didn't have time to play the package. We showed Pete Hexeth in the morning show, but we didn't have a chance to show a package on General Raisin Cane.
Remember, General Cane, just to put it in perspective, the ISIS campaign in President Trump's first term in 2017 that was so successful, Remember, President Obama has said it would be a generational effort to take down ISIS.
When I talk about ISIS, I mean the caliphate, the physical caliphate of ISIS that was, I don't know, a third of Iraq and 50% of Syria, it seemed like at the time, but it was quite large, had oil revenues, was recruiting 10,000 people a month, individuals a month, principally from Europe, from the mass migrations in Europe and other converts.
President Trump committed on the campaign trail he was going to destroy ISIS. I think it took four or five months. Now, Jim Mattis, Mad Dog Mattis, or Chaos as his call sign was, was the Secretary of Defense, but it was really Raising General Kane that ran the operations. That's where President Trump first met him.
And he was so impressed with General Kane during the ISIS campaign of the first term that he brought him back as chairman of the Joint Chiefs. General Kane has done the expeditionary
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Chapter 4: What are the goals of the military operation in Iran?
I don't know. He's not going to put a time on it. He's also talked to Brett Baer. His paradigm here is Venezuela, and he believes he's already done Venezuela.
Also, they have not, I think for operational security and other reasons, given the in-depth briefing, which my understanding is maybe the Navy commander of the naval forces may give that tomorrow or the next day of how lethal some of this action has been. My understanding is that they've gone down to very, very deep detail
with the Revolutionary Guard, even down to the battalion level, to decapitate not just the Mullahs, not the Ayatollah and the Mullahs and the next in line. President Trump is pretty afraid. He says, hey, we had two or three guys that were supposed to be in line we thought we could deal with, but guess what? They're all dead. So there's been, I think, a deeper strike into their ā
into the command structure. I want to play Raising Cane. Can we go ahead and play? We got Raising Cane and we have Marco Rubio. I want to break them both down. We don't have Raising Cane? Terrific. I tell you what, let me go into the next hangar for Rubio for a second. We can break that in pieces, I take it? Thank you, sir. Marco Rubio gave a ā I think ā I wouldn't say impromptu.
He was at the sticks, but he gave about a 12 or 13-minute. I think it was one of the best explanations that we've had so far of what's going on. General Kane gave a terrific briefing earlier today with Pete Hex. It took a question or two from the reporters. It was not ā Norman Schwarzkopf. I think that the Pentagon may eventually go to that.
I think maybe the Navy admiral, maybe General Kane, where you're going to see some video.
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Chapter 5: What challenges does the U.S. face in the current conflict?
Once they're confident about the operational security, I think you'll see some video. I think you'll see some maps, some charts. Maybe they have a ruler and point up at it and walk you through it. Remember, if you're old enough to remember, I think you have to be a boomer.
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was also because the business community, financial community, markets like stability. And obviously when the balloon is up and people are shooting at each other, particularly in a region like the Gulf where so much of the world's oil, I think 20% of the world's oil goes through the Straits of Hormuz today, particularly to Asia and to parts of Europe, that that leads to instability.
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I think Philip Hacks is going to be with us tomorrow. Natalie Winters is going to also join us tomorrow. She's got an amazing piece up about open borders and going after Iran, the price you might have to pay. Nina Rodriguez is going to be with us in the 6 o'clock hour.
Like I said, Nina really broke that story yesterday, but for operational security reason, we didn't talk about it because it had not been totally confirmed by the FBI. Let's go ahead and play a couple minutes of General Cain, and then I'll come back after the break. Let's go ahead and let it rip.
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Chapter 6: How do U.S. allies perceive the situation in Iran?
On Saturday, 28 February, at 0115 Eastern Standard Time, 945 a.m. local Tehran time, on the orders of the President of the United States, U.S. Central Command, under the command of United States Navy Admiral Brad Cooper, commenced Operation Epic Fury. As I said, I'm going to walk you through the initial phases of the operation.
But first, I want to express my deep condolences and the condolences of the Joint Force to the Department of War personnel killed and wounded in action thus far. As the Secretary said, they're heroes and represent the best of our nation has to offer. They're true examples of what selfless service means. Our deepest and heartfelt condolences are with their families, their friends, and their units.
We grieve with you and we will never forget you. Additionally, I stand here before you today grateful for each service member, planner, logistician, operator across our joint force. for our Department of War civilians, our intelligence community teammates, our interagency teammates who continue to stand in harm's way alongside us.
I am proud of all of you as you take the fight to the enemy, and we are the best in the world at integrating, period. I want to extend my personal gratitude to the dedicated commanders and senior enlisted leaders and the enlisted members of the Joint Force who are fighting this fight across the CENTCOM AOR.
In addition to Admiral Cooper and Fleet Master Chief Compton, I want to highlight a few today. U.S. Army Central Command Commander Lieutenant General Pat Frank, who along with his team are fighting the counter missile and counter drone fight.
United States Navy Central Command Commander Vice Admiral Curt Renshaw and his team, who are engaged with the Iranian Navy and projecting American naval combat power from the seas. And United States Air Force Central Command Commander Lieutenant General Derek France and his leadership team, who are crushing Iranian targets from the air.
I want to highlight the support to the CENTCOM fight from other combatant commands who are directly involved with this effort, to include U.S. SpaceCOM, U.S. CyberCOM, and U.S. UCOM. I also want to specifically call out United States Transportation Command and U.S. STRATCOM for their contributions to this fight.
We cannot project American combat power at the time and place of our choosing without both. And finally, I want to express how deeply thankful I am for the continued service and sacrifice of the entire Joint Force and their families. Their unwavering commitment and dedication are the cornerstones of this effort.
OK, we're going to take a short break and we're going to come back after a commercial break and continue on with General Kane. As I said, the president holds him in the highest regard. And you see right there, he talks about the Unified Command and Power Projection.
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Chapter 7: What role does Congress play in military actions?
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We did Pete Hexeth this morning, and I want to do, I want to break down for the audience General Raisin Cane, who is really the chief, obviously the chief military advisor, but I will tell you, someone that President Trump puts a lot of trust in, given his track record against ISIS, his track record in the 12-day war, and also in the Venezuelan situation.
Let's go and play the rest of his briefing. And I think he also throws in a question. Let's go in here. So let me start with a few details. First, to be clear, as the Secretary said, this is not a single overnight operation. The military objectives that CENTCOM and the Joint Force have been tasked with will take some time to achieve, and in some cases will be difficult and gritty work.
We expect to take additional losses. And as always, we will work to minimize U.S.
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Chapter 8: How might the conflict in Iran affect global stability?
losses. But as the Secretary said, this is major combat operations. So let me talk about the preparation and the planning. On February 28th, the full strength of America's armed forces came together in a unified purpose against a capable and determined adversary.
The United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, and our reserve components integrated across our combatant commands and began coordinated operations with the Israeli armed forces of an unprecedented scale. As the Secretary laid out, our military objectives are clear.
Our mission is to protect and defend ourselves and together with our regional partners, prevent Iran from the ability to project power outside of its borders and be ready for follow-on actions as appropriate. Across every domain, land, air, sea, cyber, the U.S.
Joint Force delivered synchronized and layered effects designed to disrupt, degrade, deny, and destroy Iran's ability to conduct and sustain combat operations. On the U.S. side, this marked the culmination of months and in some cases years of deliberate planning and refinement against this particular target set.
From precision strikes against key military infrastructure to persistent intelligence and targeting integration to the close coordination of the components across vast distances, this operation again demonstrated America's reach, readiness, and professionalism, and that of our joint united force.
It was historic not only in the operational scope, but in the level of joint integration displayed across every element of the joint force. And as I said earlier, this work is just beginning and will continue. So now to talk a little bit about setting the force and setting the theater.
On the order of the Secretary of War over the last 30 days to reinforce deterrence and provide the president with credible options should action be required, the joint force began to systematically reposition assets and personnel across the region. These movements ensured that U.S. forces remained postured, protected, and ready to respond decisively for any emerging threat.
This deployment included thousands of service members from all branches, hundreds of advanced fourth and fifth generation fighters, dozens of refueling tankers, the Lincoln and Ford carrier strike group, and their embarked air wings, sustained flow of munitions, fuel, supplies, all supported with command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance network.
And the flow of forces continues today. In fact, Admiral Cooper will receive additional forces even today. This rapid buildup of forces demonstrated the joint forces' ability to adapt and project power at the time and place of our nation's choosing. So Brian Glenn, there you saw, and that was a very big overview of what they've set in place.
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