<![CDATA[Phase II of Operation Epic Fury is well underway, and it's pretty clear the focus of the combined forces of the United States and Israel has moved to removing the oil infrastructure revenue away from the theocracy allegedly running Iran, in addition to the continuous destruction of ballistic missiles, launchers, and drones. Outside of the seven Americans lost in the first day's counterstrikes, a high cost to pay, and thus far one Israeli pilot, it's hard to overstate how lopsided the excursion is against Iran. War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan "Raisin'" Caine should give a lot more details as to the suspected capacity reduction of the Iranians over the last 96 hours' worth of almost non-stop air strikes at an 8 AM scheduled briefing from the Pentagon. The pictures, however, speak for themselves. There is more propaganda and AI-generated fake photos and videos online than there are actual Iranian missiles and drones being fired off these days, but as far as Iran taking incoming, well, it's getting to the point where the explosions, both in number and in severity, are nearly Biblical in proportion. Saturday night, without destroying Kharg island in the Straits of Hormuz, serving as the pumping station to load oil tankers, refineries and oil storage tanks all over Iran lit up the skyline. ]]>