Rice Endorses Strategy to Permanently Dismantle Iranian Military Power

Washington D.C., Thursday, 5 March 2026.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has thrown her full support behind the Trump administration’s “Operation Epic Fury,” arguing that the current conflict presents a unique opportunity to permanently neutralize Iran’s military threat. Speaking on March 4, 2026, Rice dismissed the notion that Tehran poses no danger as “ahistorical,” urging the White House to dismantle the regime’s offensive capabilities “for good.” This endorsement comes as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed the campaign is deploying twice the air power of the 2003 “Shock and Awe” invasion of Iraq. With the confirmed death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the destruction of Iran’s navy, the operation aims to sever ties with proxies like Hezbollah and render the regime defenseless. Rice contends that failing to capitalize on this vulnerability now would leave a persistent threat to U.S. interests and allies in the region intact.