“… Right from the beginning we projected four to five weeks, but we have capability to go far longer than that. Somebody said today, the President wants to do it really quickly and after that, he’ll get bored. I don’t get bored…,” said Trump
US President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States has the capability to fight the Iran conflict far beyond the initially projected four to five weeks, asserting that American forces are ahead of schedule in achieving their objectives.
Speaking on the Iran-Israel conflict at the White House, Trump said, “… Right from the beginning we projected four to five weeks, but we have capability to go far longer than that. Somebody said today, the President wants to do it really quickly and after that, he’ll get bored. I don’t get bored. There’s nothing boring about this… We also projected four weeks to terminate the military leadership, and as you know, that was done in about an hour, so we’re ahead of schedule there by a lot…”
He said diplomatic efforts with Tehran had failed, adding, “We thought we had a deal, but then they (Iran) backed out. Then they came back, and we thought we had a deal, and they backed out. I said, you can’t deal with these people. You’ve got to do it the right way.”
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Trump also paid tribute to US personnel killed in the conflict.
“Today, we grieve for the four heroic American service members who have been killed in action. In their memory, we continue this mission with ferocious, unyielding resolve to crush the threat this terrorist regime poses to the American people. We have the strongest and most powerful by far military in the world, and we will easily prevail. We’re already substantially ahead of our time projections. Right from the beginning, we projected four to five weeks. But we have capability to go far longer than that…,” he said.
The president framed the conflict as the culmination of decades of hostility from Tehran.
“For almost 47 years, this (Iranian) regime has been attacking the United States and killing Americans… General Soleimani, who was the father of the roadside bomb. I terminated him in my first term. This was our last best chance to strike what we’re doing right now and eliminate the intolerable threats posed by this sick and sinister regime,” the President said.
Outlining US objectives, Trump said, “Our objectives are clear. First, we’re destroying Iran’s missile capabilities… Second, we’re annihilating their Navy. We’ve knocked out already 10 ships. They’re at the bottom of the sea. Third, we’re ensuring that the world’s number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon. I said that from the beginning- they’re never going to have a nuclear weapon… And finally, we’re ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders…”
He also warned that Iran’s expanding ballistic missile programme posed a direct threat to the United States and its allies.
“In addition, the (Iranian) regime’s conventional ballistic missile program was growing rapidly and dramatically, and this posed a very clear, colossal threat to America and our forces stationed overseas. The regime already had missiles capable of hitting Europe and our bases, both local and overseas, and would soon have had missiles capable of reaching our beautiful America. The purpose of this fast-growing missile program was to shield their nuclear weapon development and make it extraordinarily difficult for anyone to stop them from making these highly forbidden by us nuclear weapons…,” said Trump.
Trump added, “An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat to the Middle East, but also to the American people. Our country itself would be under threat, and it was very nearly under threat. I was very proud to have knocked out the Iran nuclear deal by President Obama… They would have had nuclear weapons three years ago, and they would have used them. But I’ll not let that happen…”
With inputs from agencies
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