Operation Epic Fury means more than canceling Iran's influence, for it shows that the United States has secure resources.
President Trump has the chance to capture Kharg Island, which would be to him what Vicksburg was to Ulysses S. Grant.
The United States should not offer or accept any partial deal to or from the IRGC (Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps).
The next phase in the Iran campaign must be one of financial compellence - forcing Iran to do the right thing before it collapses.
The United States has taken steps to reshape the world, and those steps have borne fruit, isolating China and Russia.
A retired U.S. Navy admiral gives a blueprint for how to remove the last obstacle to an open Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC.
Tom Friedman of The New York Times says he is torn between wanting the defeat of Iran but not wanting America or Israel strengthened.
If Iran refuses to deal, the United States could strike Kharg Island militarily and apply new financial weapons against the "shadow fleet."
The American Naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is not an attack on Iran (that would be redundant), but on China.
The Iran conflict has entered the phase of a strategic pause – on the part of the United States, which is after bigger game.