Wesley K. Clark
After 12 days of Israeli air strikes, Iran's air defenses were largely disabled, above-ground nuclear facilities destroyed, and much of its ballistic missile production and launch capacity wrecked. Nevertheless, Iranian retaliation caused destruction and loss of life in Israel. Then the United States entered the fight on the evening of June 21.
Iran's three principal, known nuclear enrichment sites were pounded and penetrated with 14 of the 30,000 Massive Ordnance Penetrators and more than two dozen sea-launched cruise missiles. By the early morning of June 24, Tuesday, Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire in the destructive campaign each was waging against the other.
It was a triumphant moment for President Donald J. Trump, under whose direction the U.S. armed forces had launched the largest, most complex stealth bomber and Tomahawk strikes ever undertaken.
Iran's long-standing quest for nuclear weapons was at least set back for many months, and probably several years.
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