Trump reveals how
We should not be too surprised that the President donald trumpThe taste of the mission names is on par. with his talent for decorating.
In a rally Wednesday in Kentuckythe president boasted about how he chose “Operation Epic Fury” as the name for the US-Israeli attack on Iran. during what he implied was a very boring meeting.
“Operation Epic Fury!” Trump exclaimed at the rally, as if he were announcing the next installment of the “Fast and Furious” franchise. “Is it a great name? Well, it’s only good if you win, you know?… And we won. We won… In the first hour it was over, but we won.”
He continued, “They gave me a list of names to choose from. ‘Sir, you can choose any name you want, sir.’ I said, ‘The name of what?’ ‘Name the attack on Iran, sir,’” Trump told the crowd, making sure to use a stiff, cartoonish voice for whoever was asking him to make the decision.
“And they gave me like 20 names, and I was falling asleep. I didn’t like any of them. Then I saw ‘Epic Fury’. I was like, ‘I like that name! I like that name!’”
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Despite Trump’s claim that the conflict, which began on February 28, ended within an hour, it is still in full swing and has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 Iranians, along with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, issued a statement on Thursday that the Iranian military plans to continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil shipping route off its southern coast, and that any ship passing through it risks being attacked, meaning global oil prices will continue to rise.
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The new Ayatollah Khamenei also specifically promised to avenge the 175 civilians killed at the beginning of the war, most of whom were schoolgirls who died in what is believed to be a US airstrike at a primary school in Minab.
The Pentagon said in a statement to the New York Times. Tuesday that Iranian strikes killed seven U.S. service members, seriously injured eight and wounded 140. The Pentagon also told Congress that the conflict has cost the U.S. 11.3 billion dollars in just the first week.