Posted on 04/08/2026 6:35:31 PM PDT by Libloather
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued an ultimatum to Iran Wednesday, urging the nation to give up its enriched uranium — or President Trump will launch another “Operation Midnight Hammer” to seize it.
While the two-week cease-fire deal between the US and Iran does not address the nearly 1,000 pounds of highly enriched uranium in Tehran’s possession, Hegseth told reporters on Wednesday that the US will secure the atomic material no matter what.
“We’ll get it. We’ll take it, we’ll take it out,” Hegseth said of the enriched uranium, vowing to complete one of President Trump’s main goals of the war.
“Or if we have to do something else ourselves, like we did Midnight Hammer or something like that, we reserve that opportunity,” he added, referencing the US-Israeli joint airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities last year.
“But what’s clear… is they’ll never have a nuclear weapon or the capability to get a path to one.”
Along with threatening another series of airstrikes against Iran, Hegseth suggested that the US could send Special Operations troops into Iran to seize the uranium.
“If we have to, we can do it by any means necessary,” he said.
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I think the Iranians have already said come and take it Mr. Secretary of War. We dare you.
Make my day.....
When it’s time to shoot, shoot....don’t talk.
some people believe that we have capabilities and dominance that we do not have ..
I don’t think it’s very wise to allow Iran to have uranium. Maybe you do
A spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union told the Financial Times Wednesday that shipping companies would have to pay the Islamic republic a toll in cryptocurrency for every barrel of oil they shipped through the strait.
Solution: Destroy Iran’s IRGC to the last man.
Indeed.
“I feel sorry that Pete Hegseth is going to take the fall for this disaster, but that’s Washington life for you.”
Disaster???
It must be nice to be in solidarity with democrat jackals.
“We dare you.”
So far, the Iranians can’t back up their dares.
“TACO talking smack again?”
No. It is just a miserable POS like you trying to muck up a pro-American site.
Why don’t you take your craven leftist democrat mindless talking points and shove them sideways up your ass.
I have no idea who comes up with names... I had to fly around Iraq in 2003-4 as Tub. Tub-63 Tub-69... Hated it. Demon was the Air traffic controller over Iraq for 8 months or so... and when demon was down we would get some awac control... Navy guys were the coolest.
Well the White House yesterday was rolling back Trump’s comments..bet you today they will be doing it again.. sounds like a sure bet..
“It must be nice to be in solidarity with democrat jackals.”
It’s actually kind of unpleasant, but right is right.
Okay, can you explain exactly why defanging the major terroist nation is a a disaster?
Strongly Worded Letters are very effective on religions fanatics
At a family funeral, taking the rest of the day off.
If the thread is still going I will get back to you.
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