[PJ] True story: I opened so many tabs with "Bad news for the Islamic Republic surviving" items on Sunday that Monday morning raised the question, "How the heck do I organize this much material into a single column?"
But I'm a highly trained [cough, cough] news professional, so here we go.
The first 10 days or so of Operation Epic Fury/Roaring Lion saw U.S./Israeli forces focusing their attacks on the top of the Islamic Republic's regime "pyramid," for lack of a better word. Initial strikes took out dozens of senior civilian and military leaders — the apex of the pyramid — paralyzing or at least confusing the regime's ability to respond.
While the Israeli Air Force (IAF) kept whacking leadership moles as they popped up, both IAF and U.S. air power went after military targets like air defenses, missile launchers, drone facilities, and the like. Iran's offensive abilities quickly degraded.
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