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The Iranian response has been equally uncompromising. Following the loss of high-ranking officials and the targeting of strategic sites, the regime has signaled that it views the current American posture not as a deterrent, but as an existential declaration of war. Between the coordinated airstrikes and the cyber-attacks targeting Western infrastructure, the “peaceful coexistence” Trump once spoke of has vanished, replaced by a cycle of violence that seems to have no off-ramp. Every drone launched from a hidden desert base and every interceptor missile fired from a carrier strike group brings the world one step closer to the “total obliteration” that was once just a dark promise made during a speech.
