
At 4 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, U.S. Central Command launched another round of strikes against Iranian military targets. It was the tenth consecutive night of strikes.
Three American service members were killed over the weekend. Two killed Friday by Iranian air strikes on our military base in Jordan. One killed in Iraq while attempting to detonate an Iranian drone.
The strikes, conducted at President Donald Trump's direction, are targeting Iranian military infrastructure used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. According to CENTCOM's statement posted on X, the operations are "designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz." That's Pentagon-speak for "we're systematically dismantling their ability to hold global trade hostage."
The fighting resumed after failed negotiations ended a months-long ceasefire.
We signed a ceasefire. They broke it. We extended it for 60 days. They broke that too. So now we're ten nights deep into a sustained military campaign against a regime that attacks civilian shipping lanes and hopes the international community responds with another round of "talks."
The typical objection writes itself: escalation, quagmire, another forever war. Except this isn't a ground invasion. It's precision strikes against military targets that directly threaten commercial navigation through one of the most critical waterways on earth. Roughly 20% of the world's oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran isn't attacking warships. They're attacking cargo vessels, tankers, the supply chain that keeps gas stations stocked and grocery shelves full.
Ten consecutive nights of U.S. military strikes against a hostile nation. Three service members killed in action. A ceasefire shattered weeks after it was signed. Seven vessels redirected. A ship disabled to enforce a naval perimeter.
That used to be the biggest story in the country.


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