00:00A short time ago, the United States military
00:03began major combat operations in Iran.
00:09Our objective is to defend the American people by
00:13eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian
00:17regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible
00:22people.
00:24Its menacing activities directly endanger the
00:27United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our
00:31allies throughout the world.
00:33For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted death to
00:37America and waged an unending campaign of
00:40bloodshed and mass murder, targeting the United States,
00:45our troops, and the innocent people in many, many
00:48countries.
00:49Among the regime's very first acts was to back a
00:53violent takeover of the U.S.
00:55embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American
00:58hostages for 444 days.
01:02In 1983, Iran's proxies carried out the Marine
01:07barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American
01:10military personnel.
01:13In 2000, they knew and were probably involved with the
01:16attack on the USS Cole.
01:19Many died.
01:21Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American
01:25service members in Iraq.
01:26The regime's proxies have continued to launch countless
01:30attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle
01:33East in recent years, as well as U.S.
01:36naval and commercial vessels in international shipping
01:40lands.
01:41It's been mass terror, and we're not going to put up with
01:45it any longer.
01:46From Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has
01:51armed, trained, and funded terrorist militias that have
01:56soaked the earth with blood and guts.
01:59And it was Iran's proxy, Hamas, that launched the
02:03monstrous October 7th attacks on Israel, slaughtering more
02:08than 1,000 innocent people, including 46 Americans, while
02:12taking 12 of our citizens hostage.
02:16It was brutal.
02:17Something like the world has never seen before.
02:21Iran is the world's number one state sponsor of terror, and
02:26just recently killed tens of thousands of its own citizens on
02:30the street as they protested.
02:32It has always been the policy of the United States, in
02:35particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can
02:40never have a nuclear weapon.
02:42I'll say it again.
02:44They can never have a nuclear weapon.
02:48That is why in Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we
02:53obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz,
02:58and Isfahan.
03:00After that attack, we warned them never to resume their
03:04malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons.
03:06And we sought repeatedly to make a deal.
03:11We tried.
03:12They wanted to do it.
03:14They didn't want to do it.
03:15Again, they wanted to do it.
03:17They didn't want to do it.
03:18They didn't know what was happening.
03:20They just wanted to practice evil.
03:22But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades.
03:28They've rejected every opportunity to renounce their
03:31nuclear ambitions.
03:32And we can't take it anymore.
03:36Instead, they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and
03:40to continue developing long-range missiles that can now
03:45threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our
03:49troops stationed overseas, and could soon reach the
03:53American homeland.
03:55Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they
03:59ever had and actually were armed with nuclear weapons as a
04:04means to deliver their message.
04:07For these reasons, the United States military has
04:10undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this
04:15very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening
04:18America and our core national security interests.
04:22We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their
04:26missile industry to the ground.
04:28It will be totally, again, obliterated.
04:33We are going to annihilate their navy.
04:35We are going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can
04:40no longer destabilize the region or the world and attack our
04:44forces and no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs, as
04:49they are sometimes called to so gravely wound and kill
04:53thousands and thousands of people, including many
04:57Americans.
04:58And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear
05:02weapon.
05:03It's a very simple message.
05:06They will never have a nuclear weapon.
05:09This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge
05:13the strength and might of the United States Armed Forces.
05:18I built and rebuilt our military in my first administration,
05:22and there is no military on Earth even close to its power,
05:27strength or sophistication.
05:29My administration has taken every possible step to
05:33minimize the risk to U.S. personnel in the region.
05:36Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the
05:41Iranian regime seeks to kill.
05:44The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost,
05:48and we may have casualties.
05:50That often happens in war.
05:52But we're doing this not for now.
05:55We're doing this for the future.
05:57And it is a noble mission.
05:59We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk
06:03their lives to ensure that Americans and our children
06:07will never be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran.
06:10We ask God to protect all of our heroes in harm's way.
06:14And we trust that, with his help, the men and women of the
06:19armed forces will prevail.
06:21We have the greatest in the world, and they will prevail.
06:25To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the
06:29armed forces and all of the police, I say tonight that
06:33you must lay down your weapons and have complete
06:36immunity or, in the alternative, face certain death.
06:41So, lay down your arms.
06:44You will be treated fairly with total immunity or you
06:49will face certain death.
06:51Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say
06:55tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand.
06:58Stay sheltered.
06:59Don't leave your home.
07:01It's very dangerous outside.
07:03Bombs will be dropping everywhere.
07:05When we are finished, take over your government.
07:07It will be yours to take.
07:09This will be, probably, your only chance for generations.
07:15For many years, you have asked for America's help,
07:18but you never got it.
07:20No president was willing to do what I am willing to do
07:23tonight.
07:23Now you have a president who is giving you what you want.
07:27So let's see how you respond.
07:30America is backing you with overwhelming strength and
07:34devastating force.
07:35Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and
07:38to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is
07:43close within your reach.
07:44This is the moment for action.
07:47Do not let it pass.
07:49May God bless the brave men and women of America's
07:52armed forces.
07:53May God bless the United States of America.
07:57May God bless you all.
07:59May God bless you all.
07:59Hmm.
08:00mmm mmm
08:06You
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