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Operation Epic Fury: America's Strike on Iran | J. Michael Waller
Season 2 · Episode 40

Operation Epic Fury: America's Strike on Iran | J. Michael Waller

Iran declared war on America 47 years ago. On Saturday, President Trump finally answered. J. Michael Waller — Senior Analyst for Strategy at the Center for Security Policy — joins Jenny Beth Martin to break down Operation Epic Fury: the U.S. strikes on Iran, the 47-year history of Iranian aggression most politicians want to ignore, and why this is the most America First action of our lifetimes. They cover the real end goal of the operation, what happens to the Iranian resistance now, why USAID's dismantling prevents a forever war, the constitutional case for Trump's authority, and what every American should do right now to support our troops. Plus: why the biggest misunderstanding about this conflict is that we're "doing Israel's bidding" — and why that's flat wrong. Subscribe to The Jenny Beth Show for daily conversations on freedom, national security, and the fights that matter to hardworking Americans. New episodes at jennybethshow.com.

The Jenny Beth Show · Jenny Beth Martin, J. Michael Waller

March 18, 202654m 20s

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Show Notes

Guest: J. Michael Waller | Center for Security Policy

Key Timestamps:

  • 00:32 — Intro: Operation Epic Fury and why it happened
  • 01:36 — 47 years of Iranian terrorism against America
  • 05:14 — Iran's assassination attempts on President Trump
  • 09:01 — Iran's apocalyptic ideology and why negotiations always failed
  • 10:06 — The real end goal of Operation Epic Fury
  • 11:43 — USAID, beltway bandits, and the forever-war industrial complex
  • 18:07 — Who could lead Iran next? Crown Prince Pahlavi, the MEK, and the IRGC remnants
  • 26:33 — Iran's reach into our own hemisphere: Venezuela, Hezbollah on the southern border
  • 29:12 — Why troops may enter Iran briefly — and why that's NOT a forever war
  • 31:17 — The War Powers Act and Trump's constitutional authority
  • 38:15 — Trump offers amnesty; Revolutionary Guard officers flooding in with surrender calls
  • 39:35 — Hezbollah, the Houthis, and what comes next for Iran's proxies
  • 41:07 — Arab nations and Israel united — an unprecedented regional alignment
  • 44:42 — The biggest misunderstanding: "We're just doing Israel's bidding"
  • 48:26 — What every American should do right now
  • 52:09 — Action item: Use AI to compare critics' talking points to our enemies' rhetoric

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