President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” targeting Iran early Saturday morning, with Congress awaiting votes on use of force against that country as soon as next week.
“The United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people,” the President said in a video message.”Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world.”
The campaign, which is being conducted with Israel, follows negotiations with Iranian officials that did not yield a result satisfactory to the president.
