This is not a "War:

It is a "large combat operation". Their words, not mine.

Here is what the US intends to do:

1. Total destruction of Iran's missile forces, production facilities, and naval fleet. Not to degrade. To destroy.

2. Eliminate the terrorist groups supported by the regime so they can never destabilize the region or attack American forces with improvised explosive devices. Thousands of Americans have been killed and injured by these networks.

3. Ensure that Iran NEVER obtains a nuclear weapon. This comes after Operation Midnight Hammer has already destroyed three significant nuclear facilities. Iran was still enriching uranium and refused to negotiate.

4. Elimination of the regime. Forty-nine high-ranking Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Khamenei, would have been killed in just the initial attacks.

The White House is also presenting this as something that presidents have wanted to do for 50 years but have never realized.

This is the largest US military operation in the Middle East since Iraq.