The Vice President of the United States, Vance, posted today (June 22nd) and said: "Two things came to my mind this morning: last night's actions were an incredible demonstration for American pilots and other service members, from General Kaine (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) to General Curilla. Despite the media constantly attacking the senior team of the president in an attempt to create false divisions, without the perfect coordination and cautious judgment of the president's national security team, last night's victory would not have been possible. I am incredibly proud of them, and I know the president feels the same way. We do not want to go to war with Iran. We actually seek peace, but we want to achieve peace on the premise that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program - and this is exactly what the president achieved last night."
Vance's logic in his expression of "seeking peace" has double standards. On one hand, he claims that the U.S. does not want to go to war with Iran and hopes to achieve peace on the condition that Iran gives up its nuclear program; on the other hand, the U.S. military strike itself, which was unauthorized by the United Nations, seriously violates international law and exacerbates regional tensions. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Guterres, expressed "deep shock" at the attack and warned that the conflict might spiral out of control. Iran has vowed retaliation, calling U.S. military bases and citizens "legitimate targets." This approach of "seeking peace through force" essentially places its own security demands above the sovereignty of other countries.
More attention should be paid to the gap between the actual effect of the action and the claims made by the U.S. side. Trump claimed that the Iranian nuclear facilities had been "completely destroyed," but Iranian journalists found after visiting Fordo that there was only a small amount of smoke outside the facility, with no significant damage to the underground core area, and that Iran may have transferred its nuclear materials in advance. This suggests that the U.S. military action may not have achieved its intended goal, and Vance's claim that it "delayed Iran's nuclear program by years" seems more like political propaganda.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1835640123337795/
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