Marco Rubio Fires Back at Critics of Operation Epic Fury: Let Me Explain This in Simple English

Dmitri Bolt / Townhall Tipsheet

 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio moved to clarify the rationale behind Operation Epic Fury after several members of Congress, along with conservative commentators such as Matt Walsh, suggested the mission had been launched at Israel’s behest. 

"Let me explain to you guys this in simple English, OK?" Rubio told a crowd of reporters, Tuesday night. "Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics. They have an ambition to have nuclear weapons. They intend to develop those nuclear weapons behind a program of missiles and drones and terrorism that the world will not be able to touch them for fear of those things."

"This is the weakest they've ever been," he added. "Now is the time to go after them. The president made the decision to go after them, take away their missiles, take away their navy, take away their drones, take away their ability to make those things so that they can never have a nuclear weapon. That's why the president made this decision. It was the right decision. And the world will be a safer place when these radical clerics no longer have access to these weapons." Read more, see Xs and videos here.

US sub sinks Iranian warship named after terrorist leader who Trump assassinated — in first such attack since WWII

Emily Crane/ NEW YORK POST

 

An American submarine sank an Iranian warship named the Soleimani in the Indian Ocean overnight — the first such US attack on a member of an enemy fleet since World War II, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday.

The “quiet death” strike on Iran’s prized vessel, the IRIS Shahid Soleimani, unfolded late Tuesday off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Hegseth said, telling reporters during a Pentagon briefing that the ship “thought it was safe in international waters.”

“Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II,” Hegseth added. “Like in that war, back when we were still the War Department, we are fighting to win.” 

The Pentagon released video of the strike soon after Hegseth spoke. 

“The Iranian navy rests at the bottom of the Persian Gulf,” the secretary added. “Combat ineffective, decimated, destroyed, defeated. Pick your adjective.” Read more, see maps, and photos here. 

CIA-Backed Kurdish Militias Will Launch Ground Campaign in Iran Soon

Joseph Chalfant / Townhall Tipsheet

 

The Central Intelligence Agency has reportedly begun to arm Kurdish militias inside Iran in an attempt to mobilize forces to topple the Islamic regime controlling the Persian state, as Operation Epic Fury enters its fourth day.

A large quantity of weapons were smuggled into Iran and dispersed to Kurds in the wake of the 12-day conflict that took place in 2025, where thousands of militiamen are expected to launch their uprising “within days” with the support of American and Israeli air superiority, according to ITV News.

Iran may have expected this, as it has been reported that they have launched strikes against the Kurdish regions of the country, as well as in Iraq.

Axios reported on Monday that President Trump had spoken with Kurdish leadership in Iraq over the weekend. It is believed that the Kurds will “come out of the woodwork” and will “rise up” to displace Iranian Islamic rule. This would be the first ground operation conducted since the campaign against Iran began. See Xs and video footage here,

Trump shares ‘worst case’ scenario of someone taking over Iran after Ayatollah Khamenei killed

Steven Nelson and Emily Goodin / NEW YORK POST

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that the “worst case” scenario in his war with Iran is someone “as bad as” assassinated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei taking power — but that he still prefers “somebody from within” taking the reins.

“I guess the worst case would be we do this, and then somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

“That could happen. We don’t want that to happen,” the president said.

“That would probably be the worst: You go through this, and then in five years you realize you put somebody in that was no better. So we’d like to see somebody in there that’s going to bring it back for the people.”

Trump said exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, 65, isn’t at the top of his list, despite his prominence in the opposition movement.

“Some people like him, and we haven’t been thinking too much about that,” Trump said.  Read more and see video here.  

RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...Podcast                                

Here's the podcast of last nights LIVE radio broadcast where Right Side Patriots Craig Andresen and Diane Sori presented their Special Report: Operation Epic Fury...A Quantum Shift on the World Stage.Listen to it on https://rspradio1.podbean.com or on our Right Side Patriots website at https://rspradio1.com/?page_id=39 

Op-ed:

A Rightful Military Action Taken

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor 

The article is the author's opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google  

...An interesting objective this compound was, for it was the very place that both Israeli and U.S. military intelligence (most especially Israel's Mossad who are known for their ability to catch its enemies at its most vulnerable and unaware of times) had long watched in the hope that at some point Khamanei would gather together his senior political and military leaders for a meeting at said compound, and where they could then all be “taken out” at the same time.

 

And while such a hoped for scenario seemed fleeting at best...what with “Operation Epic Fury” having been scheduled to begin under the cover of darkness, this unexpected early morning gathering of Khamenei's people allowed the attack to happen when it was least expected...as in broad daylight...which saw Amos Yadlin...former head of Israeli military intelligence...to call it a total “tactical surprise”...indeed a great way to begin what is a “military operation” which, by the way, needs absolutely no Congressional approval whatsoever...Read the entire article, and see video here.

Miranda Devine: NYC needs a mayor who has our backs — not Zohran Mamdani, who sides with terror and crime 

Miranda Devine / NEW YORK POST

He didn’t quite order flags at One World Trade Center to be flown at half-staff to mourn Iran’s ayatollah, as the Babylon Bee predicted, but our Islamic Marxist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, did issue a statement taking Iran’s side against the US’ “illegal war of aggression.”

“Americans do not want this,” he posted on social media.

He must be mad that President Trump didn’t give him a heads-up on the Iran attack during their bro-mantic visit in the Oval Office Friday. As if.

Like his fellow radical Dems — Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom and AOC — Mamdani failed to read the room.

Iranians in New York celebrating the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s demise were quick to flame the newbie pol on social media in response to his tone-deaf tweet.

“I don’t feel safe in New York listening to someone like you, Mamdani, who sympathizes with the regime that killed more than 30,000 unarmed Iranians in less than 24 hours,” responded Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad, who has been targeted for assassination by Iranian hitmen for her vocal criticism of the despotic regime. Read more, and see videos here.