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At the start of the war in Iran, the United States and Israel seemed to be a united front.

Both countries had similar goals, take down Iran's ballistic missile capabilities, target

Iran's armed proxies, and end Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Here's Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, on March 4th.

Only the United States of America could lead this, only us.

But when you add the Israeli defense forces, a devastatingly capable force, the combination is sheer destruction for our radical Islamist Iranian adversaries.

In that same briefing, General Dan Kane was asked about two different operations,

Israel's Roaring Lion and the United States Epic Fury.

You have two parallel operations, Epic Fury and Roaring Lion.

How are you making sure they're not interfering with each other?

Sure. I'm happy to take that. Thank you for the question.

We have liaison officers and on both sides.

Routinely, Admiral Cooper is talking to the IDF chief of defense, and I will occasionally speak to him through the arc of this. I've spoken to him a few times already.

That allows us to coordinate, integrate, and synchronize activities while maintaining separate

efforts.

But six weeks into the war, those efforts are now seeming to diverge.

Consider this.

The United States and Israel are waging a war against Iran together, but are they still on the

same page on how to end it?

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