🧵Timeline shows why Operation Epic Fury is a defensive just war. https://t.co/NzxiHRLhVP
— J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) March 1, 2026
THREAD: For 47 years, the Iranian Regime has been regularly targeting and killing Americans.
Here is a timeline of 50 plus examples of Iran hurting America and terrorizing the world. 1979: The Iranian regime took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran resulting in a 444‑day hostage crisis. 1983: The Iranian regime provided material support to Hezbollah for the Beirut Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 U.S. service members. 1984: The Iranian regime’s proxy Hezbollah kidnapped CIA station chief William Buckley in Beirut. Buckley died in captivity. 1984: The Iranian regime’s proxy Hezbollah carried out the truck bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24.1985: The Iranian regime’s proxy Hezbollah hijacked TWA Flight 847, during which a U.S. Navy diver was murdered.
1988: The Iranian regime carried out mass executions of prisoners, an atrocity still under international scrutiny.
1989: Supreme Leader Khomeini issued a regime fatwa calling for Salman Rushdie’s death, inciting murder abroad.
1992: Iranian regime operatives assassinated Kurdish dissidents in Berlin (the Mykonos murders), later tied by German authorities to senior Iranian decision‑makers.
