Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) on Tuesday weighed in on the growing conflict between Iran and Israel, claiming the latter is shifting towards toppling Tehran’s regime and restructuring the world order.
“You are seeing Israel now with overwhelming quantities of power,” Daines advised NewsNation’s “On Stability” host Leland Vittert. “They know they have the US standing facet by facet with Israel on this essential second.”
“As a result of as soon as this regime topples, as soon as they’ve destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities, it is a reset for the Center East and a reset for the world,” the senator added.
Israel launched airstrikes in opposition to Iran on Thursday, hitting a number of nuclear services and missile websites. The assault additionally killed a number of high leaders and scientists — resulting in a counterattack by Tehran and greater than 5 days of air warfare.
Whereas the mission was initially pegged as an try and destroy Iran’s improvement of nuclear weapons, Israel has seemingly expanded the aim to incorporate overturning Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rule within the Islamic republic.
“The resolve is evident. Iran presents an existential menace, not solely to Israel but in addition to the Western world, together with the US,” Daines stated Tuesday, including, “It is a regime that talks about Loss of life to America, however they name Israel the Little Devil and the US the Massive Devil.”
The IRGC additionally funds militant teams in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq, together with Hamas. Tensions first sparked within the area over Israel’s battle with Hamas in Gaza.
The Palestinian militant group attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, resulting in a virtually two-year battle within the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Protection Forces (IDF) have pledged to eradicate the terrorist group and at the moment are wagering the identical effort in opposition to Iran.
“We now have delivered vital blows to the Iranian regime, and as such, they’ve been pushed again into central Iran,” IDF Spokesperson BG Effie Defrin wrote on social platform X early Wednesday, after the Israeli army struck a number of nuclear websites in Iran.
President Trump has not ruled out the possibility of the U.S. military aiding Israel within the battle, however did shut down plans to focus on the supreme chief, for now.
“We all know precisely the place the so-called ‘Supreme Chief’ is hiding,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Fact Social. “He’s a straightforward goal, however is protected there — We aren’t going to take him out (kill!), not less than not for now.”
“However we don’t need missiles shot at civilians, or American troopers. Our persistence is carrying skinny,” he added, leaning into strain for Iran to signal onto a deal that might dismantle its nuclear program.
Regardless of some effervescent help for Israel of their battle in opposition to Iran on Capitol Hill, a bipartisan group of Home lawmakers launched a resolution Tuesday searching for to ban U.S. involvement within the battle.
Khamenei on Wednesday cautioned the U.S. in opposition to becoming a member of the combat and vowed to “never” surrender its nuclear program or to threats from Israel’s allies.
“It isn’t clever to inform the Iranian nation to give up,” the Iranian chief wrote online, probably responding to Trump’s strain for an “final” give up. “What ought to the Iranian nation give up to? We’ll by no means give up in response to the assaults of anybody.”