On March 21 2026 12:20 KwarK wrote:This post in a work in progress but I thought I'd try to compile some of the statements out of the US.
Why we're at warFeb 28: Stop the nuclear program (entirely destroyed in 2025 per US)
Feb 28: Election interference
Feb 28: General badness
Show nested quote +I saw that every month they did something bad, blew something up or killed someone
March 1: Not sure
Show nested quote +U.S. intelligence services did not believe Iran was preparing preemptive attacks against the U.S
March 1: Israel YOLO'd and we came too
Show nested quote +We knew there was going to be Israeli action. We knew that would precipitate an attack against American forces and we knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties
March 2: Self defence
Show nested quote +For 47 long years, the expansionist and Islamist regime in Tehran has waged a savage, one-sided war against America.
March 2: Refusal to negotiate/the crime of arrogance
Show nested quote +we told them plainly, ‘That’s it. Now make a deal.’ They arrogantly refused.
March 2: Iran about to establish a credible deterrent to US attacks
Show nested quote +this operation needed to happen because Iran in about a year or a year and a half would cross the line of immunity
March 3: Israel unrelated
Show nested quote +If anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand. You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first
March 3: Israel again
Show nested quote +If we stood and waited for that attack (Israel's against Iran) to come first before we hit them, we would suffer much higher casualties. And so the president made the very wise decision
March 4: Self defence
Show nested quote +the president, prior to that phone call, had a good feeling that the Iranian regime was going to strike the United States
March 13: Stop Iranian takeover of the region
March 15: Preventing a holocaust
Show nested quote +President Trump has prevented another Holocaust by first obliterating the Iranian main nuclear facilities
March 17: Joe Kent resigns
Show nested quote +I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
March 18: Assassination plots
Show nested quote +Tehran’s actions include organizing assassination plots against an American president
March 18: State sponsor of terror
Show nested quote +Remember, for all of those absolute “fools” out there, Iran is considered, by everyone, to be the NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR
March 24: Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud wants us to invade Iran
March 29: Take the oil
Show nested quote +my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the U.S. say: ‘why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people.
Objectives of the warMarch 2: Not regime change
March 2: Disarm Iran
March 6: Unconditional surrender
March 6: Replacing government with a US friendly government
March 9: Open the strait (it was previously open)
March 10: US surrendering unconditionally on behalf of Iran
Show nested quote +the commander in chief determines that Iran is in a position of complete and unconditional surrender, whether they say it or not
March 11: Control the strait
Show nested quote +Our mission is to end their ability to project power and harass shipping in the Strait of Hormuz
March 17: What war?
March 20: Victory (unspecified)
March 22: Seize the uranium
March 30: War is peace
April 2: Not regime change
How long it'll take the US to winFebruary 28: 2-3 days
March 2: 4-5 weeks
March 2: We don't know
March 7: Iran has surrendered
Show nested quote +Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore. This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost
March 8: Already won
March 9: Very complete
March 9: Only just begun per the DoD
March 9: Pretty quickly
March 10: Trump will let us know
Show nested quote +we haven’t stated how long it will take. Our will is endless. Ultimately, the president gets to determine the end state
March 10: Trump decides
March 11: Soon
Show nested quote +the war with Iran will end ‘soon’ because there is ‘practically nothing left to target
March 13: Unwilling to accept Iran's conditional surrender
March 14: 100% destroyed military
March 14: Iran has been beaten
Show nested quote +The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way
March 15: Not over yet
Show nested quote +we demolished, essentially, pretty much demolished, it's not over yet, but pretty much, we're in great shape
March 17: Already
Show nested quote +we have decimated Iran’s Military — Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World
March 18: DoD requests an additional $200,000,000,000 for Iran war.
March 18: Hypothetical only
Show nested quote +I wonder what would happen if we “finished off” what’s left of the Iranian Terror State
March 20: Soon
March 20: Winding down
March 20: Already
March 20: Winning too hard to stop
March 21: It will continue
Show nested quote +No, we’re winning the war by a lot. We decimated their whole evil empire. It will continue I’m sure for a little. Deaths are a part of war.
March 21: Iran will be destroyed
March 22: A new foe emerges
Show nested quote +with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Democrat Party
March 23: Talks are going well
Show nested quote +VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES
March 23: Okay but I only said that I believed he was the leader. That's actually subjective.
Show nested quote +We’re dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader. We have not heard from the son.(the new Supreme Leader of Iran)
March 23: Totally different Ayatollah Khamenei
Show nested quote +We have really 'regime change,' this is a change in the regime because the leaders are all very different than the ones we started off with
March 25: They offered to make me leader but I said no
Show nested quote +There's never been a head of a country that wanted that job less than being the head of Iran. They say, I don't want it. We'd like to make you the next supreme leader.
March 26: Make a deal soon or there'll be no turning back
Show nested quote +They better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK
March 29: Sometimes you have to blow them up
Show nested quote +You never know with Iran, because we negotiate with them and then we always have to blow them up.
March 30: Talks are still going well
Show nested quote +The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. Great progress has been made.
April 2: Time to make a deal
Show nested quote +IT IS TIME FOR IRAN TO MAKE A DEAL BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, AND THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF WHAT STILL COULD BECOME A GREAT COUNTRY!
April 2: Hasn't even started
Show nested quote +Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants!
April 4: Army Chief of Staff fired on Twitter
Show nested quote +General Randy A. George will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately
April 5: The Kurds stole our guns
Show nested quote +They were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against these thugs,” Trump told reporters on Monday about the weapons intended for protesters. “You know what happened? The people that they sent them to kept them because they said, ‘What a beautiful gun. I think I’ll keep it.’ So, I’m very upset with a certain group of people and they’re going to pay a big price for that.
April 7: Complete and total regime change achieved
April 7: Iran's demands are workable
Show nested quote + We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate
(for context this includes Iran's right to a nuclear weapon)
April 7: Big money to be made
Show nested quote +There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We’ll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just “hangin’ around” in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will.
April 8: Campaign is over
Show nested quote +Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield, a capital-V military victory
April 8: They're on their knees
Show nested quote +I think it was a very, very strong threat from the president of the United States that led the Iranian regime to cave to their knees and ask for a ceasefire and agree to reopening the Strait of Hormuz
April 8: Agreement actually reached a while ago
Show nested quote +It was agreed, a long time ago, and despite all of the fake rhetoric to the contrary - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS
April 8: Iran has will be have gone regime changed
Show nested quote +The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change!
April 9: Nothing premature
April 10: No cards, only cards
Show nested quote +The Iranians don’t seem to realize they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World
April 11: Do not worry about fertilizer
Show nested quote +I am watching fertilizer prices CLOSELY during our FIGHT FOR FREEDOM in Iran. The United States will not accept PRICE GOUGING from the fertilizer monopoly!
April 11: Why is everyone saying Iran is winning
Show nested quote +saying that Iran is “winning” when, in fact, everyone knows that they are LOSING, and LOSING BIG!
April 11: Talks are going well
April 11: Talks don't matter
Show nested quote +Regardless of what happens, we win. We totally defeated that country. And so let's see what happens. Maybe they make a deal. Maybe they don't
April 12: It's not surprising that we became good friends with Iran
Show nested quote +My three Representatives, as all of this time went by, became, not surprisingly, very friendly and respectful of Iran’s Representatives
April 12: It went well except for the only point that really mattered
Show nested quote +the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not
April 12: We'll finish Iran, but it's not appropriate right now
Show nested quote +Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran!
Hormuz?March 3: The US will provide navy escorts
Show nested quote +If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible.
March 3: The US will open the strait
Show nested quote +No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD
March 8: Short term supply issues
Show nested quote +Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over
March 9: Iran does not have my permission to interdict Hormuz
Show nested quote +If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far
March 10: Iran is hereby instructed to remove their mines
Show nested quote +If Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY!
March 12: Escorts to begin soon
Show nested quote +That was always in our planning, that there’s a chance that US Navy, or perhaps an international coalition, will be escorting oil tankers through
March 12: Not ready for escorts to begin
March 12: Advice to oil tankers
Show nested quote +These ships should go through the Strait of Hormuz and show some guts, there's nothing to be afraid of
March 12: Good that it is closed
March 13: Iran must reopen it or else
Show nested quote +I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island. However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision
March 14: The US will open it
Show nested quote +One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!
March 14: Coalition job
Show nested quote +Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe
March 14: We will help secure it
Show nested quote +Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help — A LOT!
March 14: Easy for Iran to interdict
Show nested quote +it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are
March 15: If we don't that's great
Show nested quote +We're talking to other countries about policing the strait and I think we're getting good response. If we do that's great and if we don't that's great too.
March 16: Nobody expected them to target oil
March 16: The greatest experts
Show nested quote +Nobody, nobody, no, no, no. No, the greatest experts, nobody thought they were going to hit [other gulf countries]
March 18: Not our problem
Show nested quote +let the Countries that use it, we don’t, be responsible for the so called “Strait
March 18: Allies problem
March 20: NATO problem
Show nested quote +they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver. So easy for them to do.
March 20: Not our problem
Show nested quote +The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations
March 20: Might send in marines
March 21: 48 hours to comply
Show nested quote +If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST
March 23: TACO Monday?
Show nested quote +I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD
March 26: Make that 15 days
March 29: All hail the government of Iran
Show nested quote +I am pleased to share the great news that the Government of Iran has agreed to allow 20 more ships under the Pakistani flag to pass through the Strait; two ships will cross the Strait daily.
March 30: Open or strikes again
Show nested quote +If for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately “Open for Business,” we will conclude our lovely “stay” in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet “touched.”
March 30: Opening not a core objective
Show nested quote +The full reopening of the Strait is something the Administration is working towards, but the core objectives of the operation have been clearly defined for the American people by the Commander in Chief
April 2: It should be easy
Show nested quote +Just go to the strait and take it, do it, the hard part is done so it should be easy
April 2: It'll open up naturally
Show nested quote +In any event, when this conflict is over the strait will open up naturally. Just open up naturally
April 3: GUSHER
Show nested quote +we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A “GUSHER” FOR THE WORLD???
April 4: Their rain of terror is over
Show nested quote +OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign [sic] down on them
April 5: You have 2 fuckin' days Inshallah
Show nested quote +Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah
April 7: You have 1 hour!
Show nested quote +A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.
April 7: You have 2 weeks
April 8: Iran has agreed to share Hormuz with us
April 8: Strait will be open
April 9: Opening soon
April 9: Transit fees? This is the first I'm hearing of it
Show nested quote +There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be
April 11: There's so much confidence the strait will be open that everyone has diverted elsewhere
Show nested quote +Massive numbers of completely empty oil tankers, some of the largest anywhere in the World, are heading, right now, to the United States
April 11: Soon
April 11: What about double blockade
April 12: I'd like them to begin the process to open it
Show nested quote +they better begin the process of getting this INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY OPEN AND FAST!
April 12: It'd be crazy for any ship to risk it
Show nested quote +They say they put mines in the water, even though all of their Navy, and most of their “mine droppers,” have been completely blown up. They may have done so, but what ship owner would want to take the chance?
April 12: You can't blockade me? I'm blockading you!
Show nested quote +the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.
US allies?March 3: Not happy with the UK
Show nested quote +I’m not happy with the UK either. That island that you read about … It’s taken three or four days to work out where we can land.
March 4: They support it
March 6: We're backing the Kurds
March 7: The Kurds are too precious
Show nested quote +I don’t want the Kurds to go into Iran… They’re willing to go in, but I’ve told them I don’t want them to go in… The war is complicated enough as it is… We don’t want to see the Kurds get hurt or killed
March 8: UK giving it serious thought
Show nested quote +The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East
March 14: They'll join the team (hopefully)
Show nested quote +Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area
March 14: It's a team effort
March 15: "About 7"
March 15: We're there for NATO
Show nested quote +We're always there for NATO, we're helping them with Ukraine, it doesn't effect us.
March 15: It's not much to ask really
Show nested quote +It'll be interesting to see what country helps us with a very small endeavor.
March 15: I don't want them anymore
March 16: It would be really helpful
Show nested quote +it would be really helpful if you’d send over a couple of ships and if you have some minesweepers be very helpful
March 17: Didn't want their help anyway
Show nested quote +we no longer “need,” or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE
March 17: Statement from Canadian gov
Show nested quote +To our knowledge, a request has not been made to NATO. In terms of the triggering mechanisms for NATO action, at this point it’s important to remember that those conversations among NATO allies have not occurred.
March 18: Need to get a grip
March 18: Japan are stepping up
March 18: Statement from Australia
March 19: Didn't even say "thank you"
Show nested quote +the world, the Middle East, our ungrateful allies in Europe, and even segments of our own press should be saying one thing to President Trump - 'thank you'
March 20: Cowards
Show nested quote +NATO IS A PAPER TIGER! They didn’t want to join the fight to stop a Nuclear Powered Iran. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER.
March 25: Don't need them
Show nested quote +The British said ‘we’ll send our aircraft carriers’, which aren’t the best aircraft carriers by the way. They are toys compared to what we have. I said ‘that’s wonderful, thank you very much’, [but] don’t bother.
March 26: We need nothing
Show nested quote +NATO NATIONS HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP WITH THE LUNATIC NATION, NOW MILITARILY DECIMATED, OF IRAN. THE U.S.A. NEEDS NOTHING FROM NATO, BUT “NEVER FORGET” THIS VERY IMPORTANT POINT IN TIME!
March 30: Why does everyone expect us to reopen it
Show nested quote +It is not just the United States Navy. Last time I checked, there was supposed to be a big, bad Royal Navy that could be prepared to do things like that as well
March 31: Please reopen strait for us
Show nested quote +build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT. You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us.
April 8: We were just testing NATO
Show nested quote +I have a direct quote from the president of the United States on NATO, and I will share it with all of you. They were tested, and they failed
April 8: God is on our side (if he knows what's good for him)
Show nested quote +America has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.
April 8: WHERE WERE YOU?
April 8: Greenland time
Show nested quote +our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest.... REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!
April 11: As a favour to everyone we'll reopen it
Show nested quote +We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others. Incredibly, they don’t have the Courage or Will to do this work themselves.
MiscFeb 28: Reuters article
Show nested quote +Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed
March 1: Khamenei killed.
March 3: Kurds?
Show nested quote +President Donald Trump’s administration is actively discussing with opposition Kurdish groups the possibility of arming them, according to CNN, citing Kurdish and US officials.
March 18: I asked Netanyahu not to
Show nested quote +I told him, don’t do that, and he won’t do that. We get along great. It’s coordinated, but on occasion, he’ll do something.
March 18: Please stop attacking Qatar, they're not to blame for what Israel does
Show nested quote +The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen. Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility. NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL
March 19:
Show nested quote +Speaking on the condition of anonymity, three Israeli officials briefed on the South Pars strike said the US was informed before the attack, NYT reported.
March 21: No Kurds
Show nested quote +I don’t want the Kurds going in. They’re willing to go in, but I’ve told them I don’t want them going in.
March 21: Ground invasion? A great thing!
March 23: This was all Pete's idea
Show nested quote +Our economy was fantastic. We had the Dow at 50,000. Then I called Pete Hegseth about Iran. Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up. You said, 'Let's do it.
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