Will Iran Attack the U.S.?

The liberty principle for this Freedom Friday concerns defensive actions as well as offensive attacks. The United States, under the direction of President Donald Trump, acted offensively on Saturday to destroy the nuclear capabilities of Iran. Now the United States is on defense from any possible retaliation from Iran.

Trump made clear in his announcement about the attack that the United States wants peace, not war. They destroyed nuclear facilities without any attacks on the civilian population. Carlos Garcia and Rebeka Zeljko reported the following at The Blaze. 

“Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number-one state sponsor of terror,” said the president.

 “Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular miliary success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have bene completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier.”

During the president’s address to the world, Trump was backed by Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He also acknowledged Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and the teamwork with Israel. “We worked as a team, like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we’ve gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel.” Trump thanked the Israeli military for their “wonderful job” and the “great American patriots who flew those magnificent machines tonight and all of the United States military on an operation the likes of which the world has not seen in many, many decades. Hopefully we will no longer need their services in this capacity.”

President Trump thanked the “military for the extraordinary success.” “There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days,” he said.” He then acknowledged that “there are many targets left” that are not as difficult to destroy. Trump closed his remarks by thanking God.

“And I want to just than everybody, and in particular God,” he concluded. “I want to just say we love you, God, and we love our great military – protect them. God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel, and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you.”