https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6073908-wright-says-iran-war-necessary/Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday the Iran war is necessary, arguing the U.S. needs to “reset” the Middle East.During an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Wright reiterated the longstanding talking point from administration officials that the goal of the conflict is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.“A nuclear-armed Iran is an existential threat, not just for the region, but for the world economy,” he told host Martha Raddatz.“I’m very proud of President Trump, not just kicking this can down the road like previous presidents have done, but saying we’ve got to end that capability,” Wright added. “We’ve got to reset the Middle East so it can have generations of peace and prosperity.”The war, in its seventh month, has resulted in the deaths of 18 American service members and thousands of Iranian civilians. The U.S. and Iran continued to exchange strikes this weekend, and there is no sign of a deal to permanently end hostilities.The conflict has also come with economic costs for the U.S., stemming from the Iranian military’s restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The national average price of a gallon of regular gas is roughly $4.14 on Sunday, more than six months after it was below $3 just days before the U.S. and Israel launched the war, according to AAA.Labor Day weekend travelers, in fact, are seeing the highest prices at the pump on record, AAA reported on Thursday.Wright said Sunday that daily transit in the Strait of Hormuz is at roughly “two-thirds” of where it stood before the war, as the U.S. military has sought to escort tankers through the waterway. The Energy secretary noted his estimate of transit in the strait includes oil passing through pipelines.
“They’re clinging on to power as the United States continues to escalate the volume of oil that transits through the Strait of Hormuz,” Wright said, referring to the Islamic Republic regime.
>>1534679This is a great interpretation. Before the US had pretty good control over the Middle East but now that we’ve reset things, the balance of power is much more equitable
>>1534679>“A nuclear-armed Iran is an existential threat, not just for the region, but for the world economy,” he told host Martha Raddatz.One, Iran didn't have a nuke. Trump's own administration said they didn't have a nuke. That's done. After it was already done by Obama and then put back on the table by Trump, but whatever.Two, this war has handed Iran a whole new existential threat to the world economy. They've closed the strait. Everything is fucked. Not hypothetically fucked, not just as a threat, it's actually happened. Three, the danger of Iran getting a nuke would be to the millions of people they could kill with it, not the fucking economy, you psychopathic freak.
>>1534679>“I’m very proud of President Trump, not just kicking this can down the road like previous presidents have done, but saying we’ve got to end that capability,”Ah yes, just bombing them and hoping they don't retart their nuclear program again. This is totally not just kicking the can down the road.
>>1534685Trump accelerated Iran getting a nuke by tearing up Obama's nuclear dealMore proof that MIGA can't be trusted with anything important
>>1534679The US leadership thinks this is a video game
>>1534687Obama slowed down the Iranian nuclear program by giving them permission to enrich uranium using thousands of IR-1 centrifuges.Trump accelerated the Iranian nuclear program by destroying all their uranium enrichment facilities and nuclear processing centers.
>>1534704May I see these destroyed facilities?
>>1534705https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4222533/hegseth-caine-laud-success-of-us-strike-on-iran-nuke-sites/Dubbed "Operation Midnight Hammer," Centcom deployed multiple combined assets to inflict significant damage at the sites of Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan. "The order we received from our commander in chief was focused, it was powerful and it was clear. We devastated the Iranian nuclear program," Hegseth said at the outset of his remarks, also noting that the operation did not target Iranian troops or citizens. "Initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction," Caine told the media.
>>1534706Ok but we have like, photos right? Anything that isn't just word of mouth from an admin that gets caught lying every week?
>>1534706May I see this extreme damage and destruction?
>>1534707>>1534708I can deliver you guys that photo, I just need a photo of Ukraine winning first.
>>1534710LMAO nice one. Daily reminder liggerals defend Ukraine because if Ukraine loses Russia will be able to get to Kiev and recover evidence of Joe Briben gang fucking children from Zelenskys private files.
>>1534707>>1534708stop double replying liggeral
>>1534704>>1534706Okay, so why did Trump start this war with Iran? He keeps banging on about how we can’t let Iran have a nuke, but he already stopped then from having a nuke.
>>1534711>>1534717What the fuck is a liggeral?
>>1534716>>1534728what the fuck is an esl shill
>>1534719Woah cool it with the antisemitic remarks
>>1534723Retarded buzzword used by a retarded schizo who is trying desperately to make it catch on. Literally nobody else uses the word so it basically serves the same purpose as namefagging.
>>1534723It's a homosexual that thinks it's a liberal but it's just a fucking retard.
>>1534770This board has a lot of this shit. What the fuck is with this board's culture? Jesus Christ.
>>1534863Basically, there are two schizos. One spams "liggrul" or whatever and the other calls everyone "esl shill". They are most likely the same person.
>>1534863We're all ESL here. I translated this into my native language and it's offensive, sir.
>>1534869ESL-tard also happens to demonstrate consistently worse grammar than whoever he happens to be accusing of being ESL, amusingly.
>>1534902Fuck my life, I used 'happens to' twice in one sentence.
