US, Israel launch major strikes on Iran in Operation Epic Fury

A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran

Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian

regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its menacing activities directly endanger

the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world

It has always been the policy of the United States

in particular, my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon

I'll say it again. They can never have a nuclear weapon. For these reasons, the United States military

is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship

from threatening America and our core national security interests We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground It will be totally again obliterated We going to annihilate their Navy

We're going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or

the world and attack our forces and no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs, as they are

sometimes called, to so gravely wound and kill thousands and thousands of people, including many

Americans. And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. My administration has

taken every possible step to minimize the risk to U.S. personnel in the region. Even so, and I do not

make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American

heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties that often happens in war. But we're doing this

not for now. We're doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission. Finally, to the great

proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don't

leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are

finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take