As the Iranian regime quells the nationwide uprising by massacring tens of thousands of protesters, President Trump is reportedly considering a significant military action against Tehran. “The US president is pushing the Pentagon and White House for attack plans that could collapse the regime,” the British Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.
According to The Wall Street Journal, President Trump was looking for “decisive” options for a possible strike on Iran. “After pulling back from strikes on Iran last week, President Trump is still pressing aides for what he terms “decisive” military options, U.S. officials said, as Iran appears to have tightened its control of the country and targets protesters through a crackdown that has killed thousands,” the newspaper reported Tuesday.
With President Trump keeping ‘all options’ open on Iran, the U.S is moving Navy and Air Force assets to the region, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. “The discussions are happening while the U.S. sends an aircraft carrier and jet fighters to the Middle East,” the WSJ added. “Those deployments may be the start of a broader buildup that would give Trump the firepower to strike Iran should he choose to use them.”
The Associated Press, on Tuesday, tracked the U.S. naval movement:
As tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington, ship-tracking data analyzed by the AP on Monday showed the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, as well as other American military vessels, in the Strait of Malacca after passing Singapore on a route that could take them to the Middle East.The Lincoln had been in the South China Sea with its strike group as a deterrent to China over tensions with Taiwan. Tracking data showed that the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., the USS Michael Murphy and the USS Spruance, all Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, were traveling with the Lincoln through the strait.Multiple U.S. media reports quoting anonymous officials have said the Lincoln, which has its homeport in San Diego, was on its way to the Mideast.
Following fresh threats coming from Tehran, President Trump on Tuesday warned that if an attempt was made on his life, Iran “is going to get blown up.”
“But I have very firm instructions — anything happens, they’re going to wipe [the regime] off the face of this earth,” he told NewsNation.
The regime has vowed to declare a global ‘jihad’ if its dictator, Ayatollah Khomeini, was targeted or deposed. “Any attack on the Supreme Leader means a declaration of war with the entire Islamic world and must await the issuance of a Jihad decree by Islamic scholars and the response of Islam’s soldiers in all parts of the world,” Iran’s national security parliamentary commission declared on Tuesday.
Besides heading Iran’s tyrannical regime, Khomeini also poses as the ‘spiritual leader’ of nearly 300 million Shia Muslims worldwide. His regime has propped up and armed Islamic terrorist organizations from Lebanon to Yemen.
With the U.S. building up its military presence in the Middle East, the Israeli government and armed forces were on high alert. Iran has threatened to attack Israel if the U.S. takes any military action against the regime.
“Israel is maintaining close coordination with the United States on Iran, and the prevailing assessment is that a military strike remains on the table and could still take place,” Israel’s Ynetnews observed Sunday. “Until then, the United States is building both defensive and offensive capabilities, deploying cargo aircraft and an aircraft carrier to the region.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), given its successful execution of the 12-Day War (June 13-24, 2024), is well-positioned to counter foreign threats, the IDF’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, assured on Wednesday. The Israeli fighter jets had knocked out Iran’s air defense systems and struck its nuclear and military sites as part of the operation Rising Lion during the war.
“During the war and in Operation ‘Rising Lion,’ [the IDF] accumulated operational experience unparalleled anywhere in the world, and we will draw lessons from it and employ it to ensure the security of the State of Israel at all times,” the IDF’s chief of staff said.
Earlier this week, the Israeli Air Force received three new U.S.-made F35s to its fleet of fighter jets. The news F35s are “a significant milestone in strengthening the IDF’s operational capabilities,” he observed.
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