"Tehran has repeatedly bathed in American blood" :::: Trump failed to explain the cause of the War .... Does Operation Epic Fury have better prospects ??

During a speech at the opening session of the UN General Assembly in 2007; Iran calls the dispute over its nuclear program “closed” and sad Tehran will disregard Security Council resolutions calling on the country to halt uranium enrichment. 

At a press conference afterward, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Israeli government an “illegal Zionist regime.” A U.S. National Intelligence Estimate also found that 'Iran ended its nuclear arms program' in 2003 but continued to enrich uranium.

From the outset - it's said - since 1979; the Islamic Republic of Iran has made murdering Americans amongst its highest priorities. 

As critics assail Donald Trump for the supposed 'lawlessness' of the newly revived military conflict; it is important to address the moral and legal case of action first. This becomes important no doubt but a question should also be asked. Can the Iran Govt under Khamenei be held responsible for the deaths of more Americans than any other conflict(s) in the past 50 years.  

Few references -- 

* More than 200 Marines killed by Hezbollah in the 1983 Beirut bombing 

** Six hundred Anerican service members killed by Iran-backed citizens in Iraq. A White House refrain thus can be that : -- Under the principle of self - defence, action taken against a regime (Tehran) that has killed so many of citizens is legitimate. Thus Gerad Baker writes in 'Wall Street Journal' -- "It would have been preferable if Mr Trump had spent more time in the past few weeks explaining the case (read - of the war) to the American people". 

He also argues  -- If the regime change does not come now, what kind of regime survives !! -- Leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged ....

There's another element to the background cause for the war. Khamenei almost taunted Donald Trump. While Tehran allegedly smuggled a billion dollars to Hezbollah between Jan and Oct 2025; it offered only $7 (dollars) a month to own citizens. Khamenei oversaw a rule that killed 32,000 street protesters in just two days. The astonishing scale guaranteed the confrontation. 

"The people of Iran had been driven to the streets by economic immiseration, and the regime had no answer but gunfire," says another article in Wall Street Journal. 

In 2025-26; pretending that June's 12-day war had changed nothing only made a 'sequel' more likely. The truth is that Khamenei's own errors had already brought about the collapse of Iran's deterrence.