What does "America First" mean…?
•
The ACCC shifts the focus of the United States military and the national security establishment away from the Middle East? So who's fighting Iran now? Just Israel alone?
11 sites
:
Actually, the U.S. military is currently heavily involved in the Middle East. While the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (ACCC) represents a shift in long-term strategic priority toward the U.S. homeland, the United States is at this moment in an active, large-scale war against Iran alongside Israel. Yahoo +2
The situation as of March 8, 2026, is as follows:
• Operation Epic Fury: This is the U.S. code name for joint military operations with Israel that began on February 28, 2026.
• Decapitation Strike: The opening salvo of the war killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other top officials in Tehran.
• U.S. Forces Involved: Far from leaving the fight to Israel alone, the U.S. has deployed a massive "armada," including Carrier Strike Group 3 (USS Abraham Lincoln) and Carrier Strike Group 12 (USS Gerald R. Ford). U.S. B-2 bombers have also struck Iranian ballistic missile facilities.
• Regional Retaliation: Iran has responded by striking U.S. bases and embassies across the region, including facilities in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and the UAE.
• The "America First" Framing: President Trump has justified this intervention not as "nation-building," but as a necessary "service for the world" to dismantle a direct threat to the American homeland before fully pivoting his military focus to the cartels in the Western Hemisphere.
Wikipedia +6
In short, while the ACCC is the intended future of "America First" security, the U.S. is currently the primary military partner of Israel in what has become a major regional war aimed at Iranian regime change. w Wikipedia +1
It’s just past midnight, am laying in bed having a ‘convo’ with #Google, on the current state of #UnitedStates #Foreign policy under #Trump — all things considered… (e.g., asking how does his new #Iran war fit in with “America First” and his newly minted “Americas Counter Cartel Coalition,” #ACCC?).