press secretary for the president, Carolyn Levitt, uh, post a tweet in response to another tweet by

Matt Walsh, who was wondering about the objectives of the war. And she says this,

destroy the Iranian regime's missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground.

Annihilate the Iranian regime's navy. Ensure the regime's terrorist proxies can no longer

destabilize the region or the world

and attack our forces. Stop them from making and using IEDs or roadside bombs, which have

gravely wounded and killed thousands and thousands of people, including many Americans.

Guarantee that Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon. Preventing this radical regime and its terrorist

leaders from threatening America and our core national security interests is a clear-eyed and

necessary objective. Killing terrorists is good for America. Forty-nine of the most senior

Iranian regime leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, have already been wiped off the face of the most senior Iranian regime leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,

have already been wiped off the face of the earth so far in the opening strikes of Operation

Epic Fury. Finally, while Operation Midnight Hammer did obliterate Iran's major nuclear sites,

the regime was fully committed to rebuilding their nuclear program, and they refused to make a deal,

despite months of extensive talks and good faith efforts by President Trump's top negotiators.

Simply put, the terrorist Iranian regime would not say yes to peace. For 47 years, the Iranian regime has actively and intentionally facilitated

the killing of Americans while chanting death to America and funding other bloodthirsty terrorists

seeking to destroy the United States and all of Western civilization. Prior American leaders

were too weak and cowardly to do anything about it.

Now, President Donald J. Trump is correcting decades of cowardice and holding those responsible

for the deaths of Americans accountable. Their brutal attacks and threats will finally end under

President Trump.

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