Sunday, June 22

The United States struck Iran last night, hitting three nuclear sites with bombs in a major escalation of the war.

Israel had been exchanging strikes with Iran for over a week until US President Donald Trump began considering the possibility of joining the war, as he had been involved in negotiations with Iran over stopping their nuclear program even before the conflict with Israel began. Several days ago, Trump confirmed that he would give Iran a two-week deadline until he decided to join the war or not, but that day came much sooner than two weeks later.

Yesterday, B-2 stealth bombers from the United States entered Iran, covertly carrying out a major mission. The bombers successfully hit three of Iran's most important nuclear enrichment facilities, which are crucial in the process of creating nuclear weapons. They also used a massive bunker buster bomb, which includes a rocket that blasts the bomb into the ground, to obliterate some of Iran's deepest nuclear facilities, which were located far underground.

Trump maintained that the strikes completely destroyed the core of Iran's nuclear program, and confirmed that it would be much easier to take down the rest of their program now that the three sites, Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, have been taken out. However, he told Iran that if they do not agree to a peace agreement, the attacks will continue, although Israel continues to hit Iran with their own strikes.

Now that the US has joined the war, Iran's possible retaliation is unknown, but Trump's attacks have escalated the situation to an entire new level that could have dangerous consequences.

Fact of the Day: Plants came before seeds. According to the fossil record, early plants resembled moss and reproduced with single-celled spores. Multicellular seeds didn’t evolve for another 150 million years.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven’t lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey. (Apolo Ohno)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Litmus test (noun, LIT-mus-TEST) - A litmus test is something (such as an opinion about a political or moral issue) that is used to make a judgment about whether someone or something is acceptable.

In a Sentence: At our family’s Thanksgiving dinner, the litmus test for good mac and cheese is whether or not it is baked.