By: Noah Rothman – nationalreview.com – June 25, 2025 The ‘deep state’ abides, in a different form. No one at the Pentagon who compiled the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) preliminary, “low confidence” assessment of the battle damage done by the United States to Iran’s nuclear facilities intended that analysis as a political document. Those who leaked this highly classified review...

The concession comes after reports of a U.S. intel assessment which found that the strikes did minimal damage to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

What are we to make of Saturday night’s destruction of the three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan? Trump and the U.S. military took a great risk and succeeded in astounding…

Trump’s decisive action against Iran’s nuclear sites could reshape Middle Eastern dynamics.

Iran, which shares a border with Iraq and Afghanistan, was the largest third-party foreign participant in the Iraq War.

Breaking news this morning on @SundayFutures with @MariaBartiromo. Interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio @SecRubio on the U.S. destroying 3 major Iranian Nuclear Facilities.

The ‘restrainer’ right and the progressives sound an awful lot alike on Israel and Iran — but they are on the margins. Source: Coalition Against Israel on Iran: ‘Restrainer’ Right and Progressives Sound Alike | National Review

Joe Biden’s Presidency began to decline the day he abandoned Afghanistan to the Taliban. American deterrence collapsed, and U.S. enemies saw their moment to strike in Ukraine and the Middle East. Donald Trump now has an opportunity to reverse Mr. Biden’s Afghan legacy and restore deterrence if he helps Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear program.

Vice President J.D. Vance tried to thread the needle.