{"id":178082,"date":"2026-01-10T08:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T13:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=178082"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T13:28:13","slug":"retired-general-iran-should-take-president-trumps-strike-threats-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=178082","title":{"rendered":"Retired general: Iran should take President Trump’s strike threats seriously"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jack Keane, senior strategic analyst for Fox News, answered questions about President Donald Trump’s recent warning to Iran. Keane said that if he were in the Iranian regime, he’d take Trump seriously. Trump previously warned that if Iran killed peaceful protesters, that the U.S. was locked, loaded, and ready to go. Keane referenced the U.S. strikes on the Iranian nuclear facility as precedence for the need to take Trump seriously.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

“If I was in the Iranian regime, I would take President Trump dead serious here,” Keane warned.<\/p>\n

On Friday, President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go” if the Iranian regime shoots and kills protesters.<\/p>\n

His message comes as anti-regime demonstrations enter their second week and at least 44 protesters have been killed by Iranian security, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran.<\/p>\n

Keane declared the Iranian regime is at its “weakest point” in 45 years with “no prospect of recovering.”<\/p>\n

Noting Trump’s warning under “no uncertain terms,” Keane listed other key differences about the anti-regime protests that stood out to him from previous demonstrations in Iran.<\/p>\n

“Politically, [the Iranian regime] can’t meet the social and political and economic aspirations of the people. Economically, they’re in the tank, to be sure, and with no prospect of recovering,” Keane added.<\/p>\n

“And, militarily, they just lost a war. They’ve lost their platform in Syria. Their proxies are, by and large, decapitated and almost eliminated, to be sure,” he added. “The result of all of that is they are in a fundamentally weak position, and it’s serious in terms of the regime.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/b><\/p>\n

Samsel, S. (2025, January 9). Keane warns Iranian regime to take Trump ‘dead serious’ on protest killing threat amid ongoing demonstrations. Fox News<\/i>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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