The war began a little after 1 a.m. on the East Coast. It is a war designed to put a definitive end to the Iranian nuclear program. It is also a war to neutralize Iran’s long-range ballistic missile program, and to finally sever Iran’s operational and financial links to its network of terrorist proxies that have killed so many Americans and their allies over the last 47 years. And it will achieve all those aims by toppling the Islamic Republic of Iran.

At least, that is what America and its Israeli partners hope. As both nations embarked on an historic and ...

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