America First with Nicholas J. Fuentes Repost IRAN WAR BEGINS
Mar 1, 2026
An urgent breakdown of reported US–Israeli strikes on Iran and how they fit into a larger campaign. Military deployments, targeted sites, and Iran's missile program are discussed. Debate over whether air and sea power can achieve regime change. Strategic consequences for regional balance, economic chokepoints, and future political fallout are highlighted.
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Operation Framed As Regime Change
- Nicholas J. Fuentes declares the U.S. and Israel launched a joint regime change war against Iran, aiming to topple Tehran's leadership rather than merely degrade capabilities.
- He cites Trump's speech, target list (nuclear sites, missile production, regime command), and explicit call for Iranians to rise up as proof of regime-change intent.
Air And Sea Campaign Can't Guarantee Regime Replacement
- Fuentes highlights the operation's air-and-sea mode with carriers, destroyers, missiles and airstrikes rather than a ground invasion.
- He warns this creates a conundrum: toppling an entrenched regime of ~1 million security personnel is unlikely using only air and naval strikes.
Bombing Leaves Security Apparatus Intact
- Fuentes argues bombing can decapitate leadership and destroy hardware but leaves the security apparatus and population intact, making regime survival or a hardline successor likely.
- He quantifies Iranian forces and stresses that without an alternative organized ground force, remnants will reconstitute control.