DC Executive Watch: Trump’s Operation Epic Fury forges on while tiring the American people

By Rita Cook
Correspondent
Texas Metro News

WASHINGTON D.C. – The White House recently released an explanation as to where it is now (as of last week) regarding Operation Epic Fury.

The name and the idea of it would almost seem as if the world had become one giant video game, if it were not so mind numbing on levels that have not even been fully dissected yet.

The “article” titled Operation Epic Fury: Decisive American Power to Crush Iran’s Terror Regime, well let’s unpack it.

It begins with the musings of any author attempting to describe what is being detailed in “said author’s mind” as the portrayal of a great statesman “Under President Donald J. Trump’s unwavering leadership, the U.S. Armed Forces are executing Operation Epic Fury with overwhelming power, lethal precision, and unbreakable resolve. From the opening hours of this historic campaign, the objectives were clear: obliterate Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal and production capacity, annihilate its navy, sever its support for terrorist proxies, and ensure the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism will never acquire a nuclear weapon.”
Underneath the strong words, there is much to be examined.

And it is best that each person examines what is happening and the results of those happenings from their own view of the world.

One thing was made loud and clear “These objectives have remained unchanged, unambiguous, and consistent since the operation began.”

What do you think?

On March 2, Trump said “Our objectives are clear. First, we’re destroying Iran’s missile capabilities… and their capacity to produce brand new ones — pretty good ones they make. Second, we’re annihilating their navy… Third, we’re ensuring that the world’s number one sponsor of terror can never obtain 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.”

I was looking at these sentences and scratching my head since wasn’t Israel involved in this mess too?
Yet, no mention of Israel anywhere even though if you have even vaguely been following this skirmish you know Israel is involved.

In fact, I have heard it explained it was Israel’s involvement that got the United States involved in this military operative.

On March 2, Vice President JD Vance said, “Whatever happens with the regime in one form or another, it’s incidental to the President’s primary objective here — which is to make sure the Iranian terrorist regime does not build a nuclear bomb.”

Up next, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who by the way I really love because he appears to be a no-nonsense type of guy who answers very stupid question ask by journalists with a good natured sense of “did that person really just ask that question?”
In this case, on March 2 Rubio was parroting his compadres Trump and Vance “The United States is conducting an operation to eliminate the threat of Iran’s short-range ballistic missiles and the threat posed by their navy… That is the clear objective of this mission.”

Have we been told the same thing by all three enough already?

But, between the lines there is more.

Of course, the American people are not privy to that “more,” but why let a little issue like that be a problem?

On March 4 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (who is a former reporter and knows the game), well I will be darn if he didn’t pretty much say the same thing as the other three “The mission is laser-focused: obliterate Iran’s missiles and drones and facilities that produce them, annihilate its navy and critical security infrastructure, and sever their pathway to nuclear weapons. Iran will never possess a nuclear bomb.”

This further being repeated by U.S. Central Command Admiral Brad Cooper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, Admiral Cooper, repeating themselves as the days have gone on, and encouraging the fact that if you say it enough the American people will understand.

Iran was (and still is) an atrocious regime, yes.

The Iranian people at one time had the same freedoms we afford in the United States and then poof, the freedoms were gone.

It can happen that fast. And, in fact, the Iranian people have been scratching their head as to why the bright-eyed and bushytailed American protestors were on the side of the Iranian regime most recently.

Nothing really makes sense now except it seems there is no end in sight.

And add to that, it appears there is nothing the American people can do pro or con on the Iran issue either.

Let me end with this – do you know how to control millions of people at the same time?

You do not do it individually. You control the patterns through constant uncertainty, economic and social fear, future anxiety.

Are there any patterns? D.C. executive watch, patterns not words.

Rita Cook is a world traveler and writer/editor who specializes in writing on travel, auto, crime and politics. A correspondent for Texas Metro News, she has published 11 books and has also produced low-budget films.