Questions
DIRECTIONS: For the bolded part of each statement, circle the correct answer.
1. When announcing on Saturday that the U.S. had begun combat operations in Iran, President Trump said the objective for the attacks is to “defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian people / Iranian regime.”
2. After the June attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the U.S. warned the regime never to resume their pursuit of nuclear weapons. The Trump administration “sought repeatedly to make a deal” but the regime would not come to an agreement. U.S. and Trump administration policy has always been that the terrorist regime of Iran can never have a nuclear weapon / can only have a few nuclear weapons.
3. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi / Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the goal of the U.S. military mission in Iran (Operation Epic Fury) is to eliminate the threat of Iran’s short-range ballistic missiles and the threat posed by their navy to naval assets.
4. The U.S. engaged in extensive negotiations with the Iranian to get them to give up the rest of their nuclear program. The U.S. required that Iran cease all uranium enrichment permanently, dismantle its nuclear facilities and hand over all its existing stockpiles of highly enriched uranium to the U.S. or a third country. U.S. negotiators offered Iran free oil for a year / nuclear fuel “forever” as part of the proposed deal.
5. Terrorist groups backed by Iran who are responsible for the murders of Americans include Islamic Jihad, al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, Hamas and ISIS / Hezbollah.
6. Some of the many Iranian sponsored terrorist attacks in which Americans were murdered include: bombing of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut, hijacking an airline and murdering U.S. Navy diver returning home, and bombing of U.S. Air Force housing in Saudi Arabia / the Oklahoma City bombing.
7. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the Joint Chiefs of Staff / U.S. government to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States.” The three Medal of Honor recipients were awarded the medal this week for saving the lives of other soldiers at the risk of their own.
8. The three service members awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House this week – two posthumously – took part in acts above and beyond the call of duty during World War I / World War II, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
9. The U.S. military is using technology including military-grade malware, radar-jamming software, laser weaponry HELIOS system and heat-seeking satellites / nuclear weapons against the Iranian regime in Operation Epic Fury.
10. The U.S. Space Force is working in conjunction with large-scale ground invasion forces / U.S. Cyber Command to disable communications and sensor networks across Iran.
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