Posted on 06/22/2025 10:06:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan “Razin” Caine gave a press briefing Sunday, June 22, to discuss Operation Midnight Hammer, Saturday evening’s air strike on Iranian nuclear sites. At Liberty Nation News, we believe you deserve all the facts without the spin. As such, we present here a full transcript of the Sunday morning Pentagon presser and the Q&A that followed for you to READ IN FULL:
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Here’s an excerpt from an old speech (2019) of Trump’s when he talks about first meeting General Caine:
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But I met some incredible people. I met some incredible people — generals. One of them came from Syria — the operation in Syria. And I was upset with my generals because they weren’t getting it finished. I want the job done. I want to bring our people back home. (Applause.) It’s not fair. And this is why I flew.
So I met generals I didn’t know. General one, general two, general three. I mean, these generals — there’s no person in Hollywood that could play the role. These guys are like perfect people. I said, “What’s your name? “Sir, my name is Raisin.” What the hell kind of a name? (Laughter.) I said, “Raisin, like the fruit?” He goes, “Yes, sir, Raisin.” “What’s your last name?” “Caine. Raisin Caine.” (Laughter.) I said, “You got to be kidding me.” (Applause.) It’s true. Raisin Caine.
I just made him a big star. (Laughter.).....
So what happened is I flew to Iraq. I wanted to meet the people on the site, because I learn more sometimes from soldiers, what’s going on, than I do from generals. I do. I hate to say it. And I tell that to the generals all the time. (Applause.)....
So I have Raisin Caine and three other generals, colonels, sergeants. And I said, “Bring the cameras. I’m going to make a movie. This is the most incredible thing.” (Laughter.) And I said to the generals, “Listen, we got to get out. I want to know why is it going to take two years to knock off 2 or 3 or 4 percent, which is what we had left.” “It won’t, sir.” And I said, “Tell me why it won’t.” “It won’t, sir. If we attack them in a different manner, we can do it much faster.” “Okay, General Raisin Caine, how fast can” — “Sir, we can have it totally finished in one week.” I said, “One week? I was told two years.” (Laughter.) One week? “That’s right, sir. We’re only hitting them from a temporary base in Syria. But if you gave us permission, we could hit them from the back, from the side, from all over — from the base that you’re right on, right now, sir. They won’t know what the hell hit them.” (Applause.) “They won’t know what the hell hit them, sir.”
And I said, “Why didn’t my other generals tell me that? Why didn’t they tell me that?” I said, “Did you tell them that?” “Not our place to say it, sir. They come in from Washington, sir. We have to take orders. You’re the first one to ask us our opinion.” (Applause.) It’s true. It’s true. True. True.
So I went back and I said, “I’m going to get back to you soon, Raisin. I think you’re great.” (Laughter.) “I like you, Raisin Caine.”
Vile wicked reprobate Baal worshiper Obama sent Iran pallets of cash and drone technology while his installed dementia addled puppet Biden flooded into America thousands of military aged Iranian males.
President Trump sent B-2 bombers, tomahawk missiles, planes, submarines and warships.
How long will America halt between two opinions.
“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.” 1 Kings 18:21-40
Thanks for taking the time to share it!
Midnight Hammer. Man, someone’s got to start a metal band and name it Midnight Hammer.
Thank you for this transcript. I had not known of this event. For anyone who prefers the information in visual form this is the you-tube link.
https://youtu.be/cAIwBh07G_M
ROFL! Nice!
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Throughout the 18-hour flight into the target area, the aircraft completed multiple in-flight, refuelings. Once over land, the B-2s linked up with escort and support aircraft in a complex, tightly timed maneuver requiring exact synchronization across multiple platforms in a narrow piece of airspace, all done with minimal communications. This type of integration is exactly what our joint force does better than anyone else in the world.
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At approximately 6:40 PM EST, 2:10 AM Iran time, the lead B-2 dropped two GBU 57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator weapons on... several aim points at Fordow. As the president stated last night, the remaining bombers then hit their targets as well with a total of 14 MOPs dropped against two nuclear target areas….
…Throughout the mission, we retained the element of surprise. In total, US forces employed approximately 75 precision guided weapons during this operation. This included... fourteen 30,000-pound GBU 57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, marking the first ever operational use of this weapon.
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You used a proprietary format - microsoft word 2007 looks like.
Fixed it for me. Text file now.
Wicked Elizabeth Warren is who that vile Obama creature wanted installed to keep the push forward going toward their Marxist ‘great reset’
This is not a battle against flesh and blood.
You used a proprietary format - microsoft word 2007 looks like.
All I did was post the article.
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I expect you’re on a windows box. Windows did it to you without your knowledge.
No big deal. I’m on a unix box and have ways to decode the microsoft format into something readable. Just takes a few minutes.
The General is “Raisin Caine”
Now that’s someone we can believe in
I only posted links to the article.
Go to the article and click on the download link and you will see it is an MS word document.
Linux has lots of apps (LibreOffice, OpenOffice, GnomeOffice, etc.) that load MS Word documents. I really do not see the issue.
You used a proprietary format - microsoft word 2007 looks like.
All I did was post the article.
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I expect you’re on a windows box. Windows did it to you without your knowledge.
No big deal. I’m on a unix box and have ways to decode the microsoft format into something readable. Just takes a few minutes.
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Hey - I’ll take that back. Liberty Nation did it to you. I went and looked.
By the way - Thanks for posting the link anyway. Appreciate it.
Linux has lots of apps (LibreOffice, OpenOffice, GnomeOffice, etc.) that load MS Word documents. I really do not see the issue.
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Libreoffice did the initial translation to ASCII, used vi to fix the formatting.
Alt source:
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“When this President speaks, the world should listen”
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“It took a great deal of precision. It involved misdirection and the highest of operational security.”
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People should have been listening to the President when the flagpoles were going in on the 18th. I know I was. He sure had a lot to say about the process.
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I. Don't. Care.
I had nothing to do with the fact that the download is a Microsoft Word document. I just linked to it.
Comprende?
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