Kennedy Drops Classified Intel Bombshell That Forced Trump’s Hand in Iran War

[SVPete]

Kennedy Drops Classified Intel Bombshell That Forced Trump’s Hand in Iran War

https://www.lifezette.com/2026/11/kennedy-drops-classified-intel-bombshell-that-forced-trumps-hand-in-iran-war-watch/

After Election Day went against the Republican Party, pundits lined up to ridicule President Donald Trump for going to war with Iran. Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, however, described classified intelligence that placed the president's decision in a far more urgent light.
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Kennedy said he had personally reviewed classified intelligence, although he limited his public description to a general outline. “Our intelligence, here’s what our intelligence showed, and I’ve seen it. It’s classified, but I’ve seen it. But I can give you a general outline,” he said.

That intelligence, according to Kennedy, showed Iran expanding both its ballistic and cruise missile capacity. The buildup also included drones that could be used alongside the growing missile arsenal.
“Our intelligence showed that Iran was building up its missile capacity, both ballistic and cruise, and they were going to compile so many missiles and drones that they were going to turn to America and Israel and say, ‘We’re restarting our nuclear weapons program. And if you try to stop us, we’re going to destroy the rest of the Middle East. And by the way, our missiles can now reach London and Paris, Paris and Germany,’” he said.
Kennedy said Trump had already bombed some Iranian nuclear facilities when he confronted the larger question of whether to allow the missile and drone buildup to continue. The intelligence also raised the possibility that Iran might eventually gain the ability to strike the United States.

[Old n Grumpy]

you gotta love that guy  Republican Sen. John Kennedy I wish we had more like him

[RonE]

The intelligence also raised the possibility that Iran might eventually gain the ability to strike the United States.

And this would be obvious to anyone who looked at Iran's ambitions today. Ignoring it would require  a willingness to endanger America in order to make their political point.
Anyone with that attitude shouldn't be part of the process in DC.

[SVPete]

The MSM and Dems have lied on multiple levels.

1. This is Trump's war. That Iran had started it in 1979 is ignored.

2. Trump did this for Israel. Iran had threatened neighboring nations, Israel especially, and Iran's reach and destructive capabilities were both expanding. In summer 2025, Iran was deemed within weeks of having nuclear warheads, and were believed to have missiles capable of reaching all of western Europe except for Ireland and the Scandinavian Peninsula. That radius would also apply to northern and eastern Africa and western Asia. In sum, Israel did benefit, in the sense they were directly and specifically threatened by the Mullahcrats, but so also did Europe and Iran's neighbors.

3. The MSM Dem-shills have given token coverage of the USN having restored oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to almost the pre-war normal and helped Gulf countries use/repair pipelines that bypass the Strait. Further Iran obstructing the Strait is part of a larger picture, the other part of which being the sanctions against Russian oil, imposed by Biden and continued and tightened by Trump.