Hormuz 30 March 2026 #2

Hormuz 30 March 2026 #2 lalasor Mon, 03/30/2026 - 21:43 Strait of Hormuz Mon, 03/30/2026 - 12:00 30 March 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined U.S. objectives in Operation Epic Fury as "number one, the destruction of their air force. Number two, the destructi

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Hormuz 30 March 2026 #2

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Mon, 03/30/2026 - 21:43

Strait of Hormuz Mon, 03/30/2026 - 12:00

30 March 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined U.S. objectives in Operation Epic Fury as "number one, the destruction of their air force. Number two, the destruction of their navy. Number three, the severe diminishing of their missile launching capability. And number four, the destruction of their factories so they can’t make more missiles and more drones to threaten us in the future. All of this so that they can never hide behind it to acquire a nuclear weapon". Rubio also asserted that "the Iranians are threatening that they are going to set up some permanent system in the Straits of Hormuz where they get to decide who goes through international waterways. That will never be allowed to happen". He also indicated that "if there are new people now in charge who have a more reasonable vision of the future, that would be good news for us, for them, for the entire world.  But we also have to be prepared for the possibility, maybe even the probability, that that is not the case.  So we’re going to test it... There are clearly people there talking to us in ways that previous people in charge in Iran have not spoken to us in the past, some of the things they’re willing to do, some of the things they’re saying they’re willing to do. Obviously they have to go do it".  

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