US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz says Operation Epic Fury, authorized by US President Donald Trump against Iran, is aimed at dismantling the Islamic Republic’s missile capabilities, degrading its naval assets, disrupting the machinery that arms proxy militias, and ensuring that the regime can never obtain a nuclear weapon.
Notably, the goals Waltz lists in his statement at the UN Security Council emergency session on the ongoing Iran crisis do not include regime change.
Trump earlier said that Iranians should take over their government once the strikes subside.
“No responsible nation can ignore persistent aggression and violence,” Waltz says of Iran.
“Peace is not preserved by appeasing those who threaten it. Peace is preserved through strength in the face of terror,” he continues. “History has taught us that the cost of inaction is far greater than the burden of decisive action.”
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