With more than 8,000 combat sorties, complete air superiority and the use of 5,000-pound bunker-busting bombs against underground facilities in the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper laid out the scale of the battering inflicted on Iran’s military in just three weeks.
During an Israeli Air Force operational mission over Iran, a surface-to-air missile was launched at an Israeli fighter jet, which successfully evaded it. The crew acted in accordance with protocol, no damage was caused to the aircraft, and the mission was completed as planned.
Closing the Strait of Hormuz is not just a military event, but a strategic threat to the global economy. The civilian solution must complement the military one: accelerating the IMEC project that would connect India to Europe via Israel.
Europe’s surrender to radical Islam is a direct continuation of its defeatism in the face of Hitler in the 1930s. Against the feebleness of London and Paris, Netanyahu and Trump stand out as the lone voices who sounded the alarm. Without a modern Churchill to awaken the continent, Europe’s second decline now looks more certain than ever.
The timing of the operation, if Trump orders one, remains unclear. Sources familiar with the matter told CBS that the planning is focused on a possible deployment of Joint Special Operations Command forces.
