Operation Epic Fury Won’t Become ‘Forever War’—Goals Are Limited: Pentagon Official
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Category: WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
Summary:
The Pentagon’s sole objective in Operation Epic Fury is to destroy Iran’s capability to launch missiles and drones beyond its borders, according to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby during a March 5 House Armed Services Committee hearing. Colby emphasized that the military is not focused on regime change or Iran’s internal affairs following this objective. The administration is prepared to act on various political outcomes, but decisions regarding influencing events in Tehran after the February 28 strike, which killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and over 40 Iranian leaders, rest with the president and Congress. Colby faced bipartisan criticism for not involving Congress in drafting President Trump’s revised National Security Strategy.
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Scripture: James 4:13-14 (NASB 1977)
"Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow, we shall go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away."
Commentary:
James exposes how quickly human plans change. Even carefully stated limits—“only” degrading missiles and drones, not shaping Iran’s internal future—can be overtaken by deaths, hearings, and political pressure in a single news cycle. People in Tehran and Washington still wake up to uncertainty. This moment fits a prophetic pattern Scripture describes: nations assert control, yet events keep destabilizing leadership and strategy. Believers should weigh official aims soberly, knowing God alone governs outcomes.
Prophetic Trend:
Measured military objectives and congressional strain show nations trying to manage escalation, yet leadership shocks keep pushing the region toward wider instability.
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Source Excerpt:
Annihilating Iran’s capacity to launch missiles and drones beyond its borders is the Pentagon’s only goal for Operation Epic Fury, a senior administration official told the House Armed Services Committee during an often-fiery March 5 hearing on President Donald Trump’s revised National Security Strategy. The military is not focused on regime change or what happens in Iran once that objective is achieved, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby explained repeatedly during the nearly three-hour hearing. However, it is prepared to carry out administration directives in response to “a variety of political outcomes.” What those “political outcomes” will be and how the United States will attempt to influence events in Tehran in the wake of the Feb. 28 decapitation strike is for the president and Congress to determine, Colby said. That strike killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and more than 40 Iranian regime leaders.......
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Source: The Epoch Times
Posted on 03-05-2026 20:43