No question could be more relevant to Operation Epic Fury.

The best military in the world requires a disciplined approach to prevention.

The collapse of the Islamabad negotiations revealed a shift in Iran's leadership towards a militarized security state, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps now dominating the institutions that shape Iran's foreign policy and internal security, and nuclear deterrence increasingly seen as the foundation of regime survival.

Less than 24 hours after President Trump accepted the off-ramp proposed by Pakistan’s leaders, granting an “indefinite ceasefire” so Iran’s leaders could "come up with a unified proposal,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran declined to send any negotiators to Islamabad and did not make a single...