Daily on Defense: Trump says Iran’s new leaders ‘very reasonable,’ Iran denies any talks happening, Democrat says Trump’s making it up, the Pope rebukes Hegseth indirectly.
in waters just outside the Persian Gulf, and several thousand paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are set to join them,“I just have lots of alternatives,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One last night.
“We have tremendous numbers of ships over there. We don’t need them all because of, you know, the power.” Trump spoke confidently of Iran’s ballistic missile attack being reduced to “sputtering” and asserted that he’s now dealing with “a new group of people that we’ve never dealt with before that are acting very reasonable.” Iran continues to risk Trump’s ire by insisting it did not ask for a 10-day pause, and no negotiations are underway Congress sidelined, confused, disillusioned as Trump dispatches troops for undisclosed mission in Iran“We asked for 15 things, and for the most part we’re going to be asking for a couple of other things,” Trump insisted, while claiming the goal of regime change can be checked off his to-do list. “I would consider that regime change, and frankly, they’ve been very reasonable, so I think we’ve had regime change, but you can’t do much better than that.” Iran’s Islamic Republican Guard Corps, which is in control of the military, claimed Trump is lying about Iran making any concessions or is anxious for a ceasefire. “There is still no negotiation or exchange of messages between Iran and the U.S., and all the information published about this is fake,” the Iranian military said in a. “Iran’s decision is to continue the war until the goals are fully achieved and the conditions are fulfilled, and this will continue for as long as necessary.” “The armed forces are ready for an intense war for at least six months. There is a consensus in the political atmosphere about absolute distrust of the U.S,” the statement said. While Trump notes Iran’s offensive missile and drone capabilities have been seriously degraded, in a moment of candor last week he admitted that while Iran’s missile launches may be “sputtering” in his words — or down to “onesies and twosies” in the words of U.S. Central Commanderr — that is enough for Iran to keep U.S. warships out of the Persian Gulf, terrorize U.S. Gulf allies, and maintain control of the Strait of Hormuz. “The problem with the Strait is this. Let’s say we do a great job. We say we got 99%. One percent is unacceptable because 1% is a missile going into the hull of a ship that cost a billion dollars. Right?” Trump said at aa U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft in a missile and drone strike on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia that wounded 15 U.S. troops. On Saturday, Iran hit an aluminum smelting plant in the U.A.E, and today Iran hit a power and water salinization plant in Kuwait, killing one worker. “At the moment, they don’t feel compelled to compromise, it seems, because the trend lines are oil prices are going up, American public opinion about the war is going down, and many of these leaders that we’re hoping to negotiate with are, right now, living underground, fighting for their lives,”. “They think they have the global economy hostage. And they’re fighting a war of survival. They’re also fighting a war of revenge against President Trump.”, who said on CBS that he ran simulations of this war plan many times when he was U.S. Central Commander. “We’re a little further along than we would have expected to be at this point.” “I believe that they will break. I believe that they will come to terms,” McKenzie predicted. “And it may be an imperfect solution, but I think it would be one that would include opening the Strait of Hormuz, possibly some deal on the missiles.” “I would only say that we’re doing extremely well in that negotiation,” Trump said on Air Force One. “But you never know with Iran because we negotiate with them and then we always have to blow them up.”, top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, who thinks Trump’s consistent upbeat statements about how well the negotiations are going are an elaborate charade. “I think he’s flat-out lying,” Himes told CBS host Margaret Brennan. “Oil prices now $112 a barrel, and, you know, futures in the stock market down 2%. Last Sunday, he realized, oh, my God, I have got a financial cataclysm on Monday. So he just made it up that they’re in negotiations with the Iranians.” “Meanwhile, as you know, we are letting the Iranians — so now the Iranians are getting billions of dollars — sell their oil to the Chinese, so that they can buy drones from the Russians. We’re letting the Russians sell oil so that they can get dollars to attack the Ukrainians and use those dollars to attack — to help attack our troops,” Himes said. “I mean, you just couldn’t make this stuff up in a Hollywood script.”. If signing up doesn’t work, shoot us an email and we’ll add you to our list. And be sure to follow me on Threads and/or on Xsuggested his long-term goal may be “take the oil in Iran” and confirmed that taking Kharg Island, the distribution point for 90% of Iran’s oil, is among the the many options at his disposal. “Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump told the FT. “It would also mean we had to be there for a while.” As he said last week, Trump told the paper that “We’ve got about 3,000 targets left — we’ve bombed 13,000 targets — and another couple of thousand targets to go,” and when asked about whether the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened, replied, “A deal could be made fairly quickly.”about the need for the U.S. to use special operations troops to retrieve the 460 kilograms of enriched uranium believed buried in the rubble at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site. “Why would we need troops on the ground? There’s a lot of reasons, and we wouldn’t need 300,000 of them,” Levin said. “We’ve got to get the uranium. If it cannot be destroyed, if it cannot be altered, we’ve got to get it for the reason I just said — you can make dirty bombs, and over time, you can still make sophisticated missiles, so you need to get to the uranium. Levin said Trump is “not talking about sending regular army and infantry in by the hundreds of thousands,” instead he suggested, “the men he’s talking about, the units he’s talking about, they are specialized … many of them are trained for a moment like this to try and secure enriched uranium.” Nuclear experts have warned attempts to recover and the uranium, which is stored in thick, steel cylinders, would be very risky especially if any of the canisters were damaged or punctured, in which case they would emit a high toxic gas. “A successful seizure from Isfahan would require U.S. troops to secure a wide perimeter, locate and excavate up to 970 pounds of the uranium buried under an unknown depth of rubble, protect it from counterattack, load it onto aircraft, and depart under fire,”raised a few eyebrows at last week’s monthly prayer service at the Pentagon when he read a prayer he said had been given by a military chaplain to U.S. commandos before they captured Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela in January. The bellicose prayer called for God to “break the teeth of the ungodly,” “grant this task force clear and righteous targets for violence,” and called for “every round to find its mark,” and “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” “We ask these things with bold confidence in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ, king over all kings,” Hegseth said.didn’t mention Hegseth by name, but rebuked those who use God to justify their violence. “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” the Pope said, according to aposted by the Vatican. “He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.'”Washington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington PostThe EconomistAir & Space Forces Magazine10:15 a.m. — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace virtual discussion: “Winners and Losers: Russia, China, and Europe Respond to the Iran War,” with2 p.m. 1400 L St. NW — Atlantic Council discussion of a new report, “Russian Illusions: How the West Lost the Post-Cold War Era,” with10 a.m. — Atlantic Council’s Strategic Litigation Project; the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C.; the International Partnership for Human Rights; and C4ADSnvirtual launch of a report: “From Tehran to Kyiv: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Role in Russia’s Drone War,” withhttps://foreignpolicy.com/live/ali-vaez-iran-leadership-war-plan/2 p.m. — The Government Executive Media Group and Splunk, Inc., a CISCO company virtual discussion: “Commanding the Digital Domain: Owning the Digital Battlefield,” with5 p.m. 16th St. NW — Institute of World Politics discussion: “The European Union as a Defense Actor,” with European Union Ambassador to the U.S.9:30 a.m. 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discussion: “Regional Shockwaves: Long-Term Implications of the U.S.-Israel-Iran War,”Julia Buxtonhttps://thinkdeterrence.com/events/the-challenges-to-ensuring-nuclear-deterrence 11 a.m. — Center for Strategic and International Studies virtual discussion: “Adapting Under Fire: Ukraine’s Race to Reinvent Modern Defense,” with active-duty air defense operators from the Ukrainian army and air force, and“Are you ready to deploy, fight, and win? Are your skills sharp, your standards high, and your gear prepared for immediate movement? … Are your family’s affairs in order? … This is not a theoretical exercise … A mass mobilization could become a reality … Check your readiness. Tighten your standards. Prepare your family. Our nation expects a disciplined, capable, force ready for immediate action.”From a March 26 letter from Lt. Gen. Leonard Anderson, commander, Marine Forces Reserve, to all Marines under his command.
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