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Additional Weeks of War Needed to Degrade Iran's Capabilities
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Iran is being pounded by two powers whose aircraft it is powerless to stop. Each day the damage increases, its capabilities decline, and its neighbors turn further against it. The regime has been offered a ceasefire that reportedly includes the removal of all sanctions. All it has to do is give up the nuclear, missile and proxy capabilities to continue its "death to America" foreign policy. By scorning this offer, the Iranian regime makes the case for President Trump to give the war more time and see the mission through. On Wednesday, Adm. Brad Cooper of U.S. Central Command said 2/3 of Iran's missile, drone and naval production facilities and shipyards have been destroyed or damaged. He's on track to complete that job, he said. Trump Administration officials tell us that four weeks of war have yielded valuable successes, but to end now would be an incomplete victory. Additional weeks can further degrade Iran's capabilities and set back the regime's threat to the region for years even if it survives.