The U.S. media also reported that Trump is considering, or has ordered preparations for, a new phase of military operations against the Iranian regime that could begin as early as this weekend, and that it will focus on Iran’s energy infrastructure such as power plants, refineries, and the energy grid. However, for security reasons, the final decision on carrying out the strikes will be known in a few hours.

These attacks against the regime are intended to paralyze its governing capacity, reduce its military support capability and operational capacity, and weaken its ability to run the country. Unfortunately, from day one they had a wrong assessment of the military capacity of this terrorist regime; otherwise, the Islamic terrorist republic could have been paralyzed much earlier. Although even today, Trump also behaves like a hesitant person, and in practice, in regime change, acts as if paralyzed.

In sum, the strategic message of the Trump administration appears to be this: the goal is to collapse the regime’s governing capacity and force Tehran........

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