U.S. Attacks Iran as Trump Calls for Overthrow of Government
The United States and Israel on Saturday launched a major attack on Iran, with President Trump vowing to devastate the country’s military, eliminate its nuclear program and bring about a change in its government.
Large explosions shook the Iranian capital, Tehran, where people reported seeing smoke rising from the district that includes the presidential palace. Witnesses described chaos in the streets as Iranians rushed to seek shelter, find loved ones or flee the city.
The American-led attack appeared to herald a much broader regional crisis. Iranian news media reported that Iran had targeted at least four U.S. military bases across the Persian Gulf — including in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, which said they had come under attack.
Iran also fired multiple waves of ballistic missiles at Israel, prompting booms in the skies as Israeli air defenses sought to repel them. Air-raid sirens sounded across the country, sending Israelis running to fortified shelters.
Mr. Trump vowed that the “massive and ongoing” campaign would target not just Iran’s nuclear program, which was the focus of a U.S. attack last June. Instead, Mr. Trump said the United States would “raze their missile industry to the ground” and “annihilate their navy,” arguing that Iran had refused to reach a deal with the United States that would have averted war.
As it turns out, trump really likes blowing things up. Trade deals, nuclear agreements, people, America's participation in the Paris Climate Accords. Anyone who didn't see the attack on Iran coming hasn't been paying attention to Don's increasingly militaristic track record. I think this makes 7 counties he has ordered bombings of during trump 2.0. Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Iraq, Nigeria, Yemen, and Somalia.
But heck, he sure did push the missing Epstein files off the front page for a few days. So in the words of Shrub............Mission Accomplished.
