๏ธ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ท US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on the decision to launch military operations against Iran:.
"Someone had to confront the Iranian regime's pursuit of nuclear weapons. And for 47 years no president was willing to do that. Then President Trump stood up and said: 'Not on my watch.'
And it's going to be difficult because they are building a conventional missile defense the likes of which the world has never seen. They pursued North Korea's strategy: build so many capabilities that we can't be stopped from getting nuclear weapons.
As the president so clearly points out, you can't let crazy Islamists get a nuclear bomb. The choice was either not to act and wish for it, or to take a bold step, which the president did with Operation Midnight Hammer and we did with Operation Epic Rage. I think it was the right step."