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Trump is fighting Iran with strategic clarity — and America is winning

Operation Epic Fury is strategically sound and has been magnificently executed

By Reed Rubinstein Fox News

Published September 16, 2026 9:00am EDT

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Operation Epic Fury is the right war at the right time. And, informed by Bush and Obama/Biden Administration failures, it is being fought in the right way.

Critics left and right make similar arguments: "Illegal war of choice," "unwinnable quagmire," "war makes the mullahs more extreme," and even "Trump is a Jewish puppet." These criticisms, and many who offer them, are detached from reality.

First, Epic Fury is a right and just war. Since 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has owed the American people a blood debt. But until now American policymakers have generally failed to collect this debt much less effectively manage the regime's ongoing threat to U.S. interests, regional peace, and international economic stability. This is partly due to the regime’s dangerous "revolutionary" Islamic supremist ideology that drives Iran’s aggression against the United States and Israel; justifies its brutal internal repression and foreign adventurism, including massive investments in the Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi, and Iraqi terrorist groups; and drives its development of advanced offensive ballistic missile, drone, and nuclear weapon capabilities. A rational actor would not spend billions subsidizing terror tunnels and missiles in Gaza and Lebanon when its own citizens lack clean water and reliable electricity. But the mullahs, like other "revolutionary" authoritarians, have different incentives.

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