JD Vance says Iranian nuclear program 'substantially' set back after 'precise, surgical' US strikes

Vice President JD Vance revealed Sunday that America is not at war with Iran but rather is at war with the Iranian nuclear effort which was substantially set back by U S strikes In an appearance on ABC s This Week Vance praised President Donald Trump s decisive action to destroy the initiative and expressed an incredible amount of gratitude to the U S troops who he says flew thousands of miles on a -hour non-stop flight never touched down on the ground and dropped a -pound bomb on a target about the size of a washing machine No military in the world has the training the skills and the equipment to do what these guys did last night Vance commented I know the president and I are both very proud of them and I think what they did was accomplish a very core American national objective Iran cannot have a nuclear weapons plan The president's been very clear about this and thanks to the bravery and competence and skill of our great pilots and everybody who supported this mission we took a major step forward for that national objective last night Vance was hesitant to disclose too much sensitive information about the mission which reportedly involved aircraft THE MISSING MULLAH IRAN'S 'SUPREME LEADER' A NO-SHOW FOR NEGOTIATIONS THEN HID AS US POUNDED NUKE SITESABC s Jonathan Karl sought the vice president Can you say definitively that Iran s nuclear plan has now been destroyed I don't want to get into sensitive intelligence here but we know that we set the Iranian nuclear project back substantially last night Whether it's years or beyond that we know it's going to be a very long time before Iran can even build a nuclear weapon if they want to Vance stated Pressed on the extent of the damage the vice president again declined to disclose sensitive intelligence but added I feel extremely confident and I can say to the American people with great confidence that they are much further away from a nuclear activity at present than they were hours ago That was the objective of the mission to destroy that Fordow nuclear site and of module do selected damage to the other sites as well he reported But we feel very confident that the Fordow nuclear site was substantially set back and that was our goal Vance separately communicated NBC's Meet The Press that the U S had engaged in a diplomatic process with the Iranians to no avail until around mid-May when Trump then decided to issue certain private ultimatums to the Iranians ISRAEL RECOVERS REMAINS OF THREE MORE BODIES My message to the Iranians is it would be the stupidest thing in the world Vance commented about feasible retaliation after the U S strikes If you look at what happened last night we had an incredibly targeted precise surgical strike on the nuclear facilities that are the target of the American operation Our national interest is for Iran to not get a nuclear weapon Our strikes last night facilitated that national objective If the Iranians want to enlarge this by attacking American troops I think that would be a catastrophic mistake Vance reiterated how Trump mentioned in his late Saturday night address from the White House that the United States wants Iran to give up their nuclear campaign peacefully but allowing Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon remains off the table There is no way that the United States is going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon And so they really have to choose a pathway Vance reported ABC Are they going to go down the path of continued war of funding terrorism of seeking a nuclear weapons Or are they going work with us to give up nuclear weapons permanently If they're willing to choose the smart path they're certainly going to find a willing partner in the United States to dismantle that nuclear weapons plan He also issued a warning But if they decide they're going to attack our troops if they decide they're going to continue to try to build a nuclear weapon Then we are going to respond to that with overwhelming force So really what happens next is up to the Iranians Trump warned Saturday that any retaliation by Iran against the United States of America will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed tonight The U S military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime Fordow Natanz and Isfahan which Trump disclosed for years carried on a horribly destructive enterprise and have now been totally and totally obliterated