Iran

The cost of hesitation: Why “finishing the mission” is imperative in Iran (War on the Rocks) The view from a C-130 during a combat mission in the Middle East provides clarity that is often lost in the sanitized briefing rooms of Washington. As an Air Force medical crew director, I have looked into the eyes of young servicemembers being medevacked out of theater, and I lived through what decades of strategic inconsistency asks of our warfighters. As a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, I am equally attuned to a different kind of trauma: the deep-seated moral injury that occurs when those sacrifices are rendered all for naught by a leadership that lacks the resolve to finish the mission. Today, as Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion unfold to dismantle Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, we are at a crossroads that demands the strategic courage to see this through to its conclusion. Read More The Trump administration had no plan for the war with Iran (War on the Rocks) 21 years ago, I was a Marine infantryman in Anbar province, western Iraq, carrying so much gear that I could barely feel my legs. My job was to go town to town, search houses, and try to stop insurgents before they stopped us. Every day, someone was trying to kill us — improvised explosive devices buried in the roads, mortars in the middle of the night, and random rocket propelled grenades fired from rooftops. And even two years into the war, there was no clear direction, no clear definition of victory, and no real plan for what came next. Read More Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says “I think it’s something the President would be quite interested in calling them to do,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday. Read More Limited missions, big risks: What a US ground fight in Iran could become Military analysts point to several possibilities of what ground operations could entail, including coastal assaults and nuclear site raids. Read More The Strait of Hormuz offers a lesson in air denial

Opinion: "By that measure, the United States does not have air superiority where it counts," write analysts Max Bremer and Kelly Grieco. Read More ----oooo00O00oooo----

Italy touts ‘solid’ ties with US despite Iran issue

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Alison Bath

Stars and Stripes • April 1, 2026

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Naval Air Station Sigonella on the Italian island of Sicily is shown with Mt. Etna in the background of this undated photo. (Jacques-Laurent Jean-Gilles/U.S. Navy)

NAPLES, Italy — Italy moved quickly this week to affirm its relationship with the United States after refusing to allow American military planes involved in operations against Iran to use a strategic base in Sicily.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stressed that Italy’s partnership with America was “solid” following reports that U.S. military aircraft were denied permission to land at Naval Air Station Sigonella last week before flying onward to the Middle East. 

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Grei oppsummering av Trumps tale og Irans reaksjon. 2 av tre amerikanere mener at krigen må avsluttes nå. (Red,)

Trump om Iran: – Vi skal slå dem tilbake til steinalderen, der de hører hjemme

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