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We've now entered the second week of the U.S. Israeli War on Iran.

They are toast, and they know it.

Pete Heggzitt, Donald Trump's war secretary, boasted to reporters about the capacity

for destruction of the U.S. military machine.

Hegzat's monologue has been widely quoted in the media, but you need to hear it out loud for the full effect.

The two most powerful air forces in the world

will have complete control of Iranian skies, uncontested airspace.

I hope all the folks watching understand what uncontested airspace

and complete control means.

It means we will fly all day, all night, day and night,

finding, fixing and finishing the missiles and defense industrial base of the Iranian military,

finding and fixing their leaders and their military leaders.

Flying over Tehran, flying over Iran,

flying over their capital,

flying over the IRGC,

Iranian leaders,

looking up and seeing only U.S. and Israeli air power

every minute of every day until we decide it's over.

And Iran will be able to do nothing about it.

B-2s, B-52s, B-1s, predator drones, fighters controlling the skies, picking targets, death and destruction from the sky all day long.

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