Trump’s Nixon moment may be coming. Unnoticed, the language of nuclear intimidation is again a currency in international conflict, writes Holman Jenkins
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Day: March 13, 2026
Israel is preparing to launch a full-scale ground invasion of Lebanon, likely the largest operation by Israel targeting its northern neighbor since 2006, aimed at seizing the entire area south of the Litani River and the dismantling of Hezbollah’s military infrastructure, Israeli and U.S. officials tell Axios.
The Trump Administration backs a major Israeli operation in Southern Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah, but is also pressing to limit the damage to the Lebanese State, asking Israel not to bomb Beirut International Airport or other infrastructure managed by the Lebanese Government during any operation against Hezbollah.
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Footage has now been published by President Donald J. Trump showing today’s strikes against Iranian military targets on Kharg Island in the Northern Persian Gulf, which acts as a port hub for the export of up to 90% of oil products leaving Iran. In the footage, strikes can be seen targeting an airbase, including cratering strikes against the base’s runway, as well as multiple other sites, which likely include air defenses and missiles launch sites operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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Three additional B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bombers with the U.S. Air Force’s 5th Bomb Wing, based out of Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, landed early Friday at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, joining 12 B-1B Lancers and 3 other B-52H Stratofortresses that have been forward deployed to the United Kingdom as part of Operation Epic Fury.
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