Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a stark warning Monday that the United States is about to dramatically escalate its military campaign against Iran, declaring that the next phase of strikes will bring a massive surge in power and intensity as the West moves to dismantle the Iranian regime’s military capabilities.This new warning comes after the US Consulate in Dubai was on fire after it was hit by an Iranian drone on Tuesday.Standing before reporters ahead of a series of congressional briefings on Capitol Hill, alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary Marco Rubio made it clear that the current wave of attacks is only the beginning.The officials are scheduled to meet first with members of the Senate and then with the House.“…hide behind the immunity of a massive short-term ballistic missile inventory, or the ability to make them or launch them. And so, CENTCOM, in a joint operation, is carrying out the systematic destruction of their missile belt, the destruction of their launchers, and the destruction of their ability to make these, as well as the destruction of their Navy.From what I’ve been told by the Department of War, everything is on or ahead of schedule and proceeding toward these objectives. We have every confidence in the world that these objectives will be achieved.The last point I would make is—and I said this yesterday, and I repeat—what’s about to happen… You’re about to see we’re going to unleash Chiang on these people in the next few hours and days.You’re really going to begin to perceive a change in the scope and intensity of these attacks as, frankly, the two most powerful air forces in the world take apart this terroristic regime, defang it, and take away its ability to threaten its neighbors or hide behind a zone of immunity that allows them to develop their nuclear ambitions.”“Unleash Chiang” originated as a 1950s American conservative battle cry to remove the U.S. Seventh Fleet from the Taiwan Strait, allowing Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek to attack mainland China. It signifies a desire to take aggressive, disruptive action to overthrow a rival.Gen. Douglas MacArthur was famously relieved of his duties by President Truman in part for publicly pushing to “unleash” Chiang.According to Rubio, the coming escalation will demonstrate the overwhelming force of American and Israeli airpower as they target Iran’s strategic military assets.The secretary emphasized that the objective is straightforward: eliminate Iran’s ability to threaten its neighbors and prevent the radical clerical regime from ever acquiring nuclear weapons.Rubio argued that the regime’s brutality toward its own people proves why it cannot be trusted with such power.“This terroristic, radical, clerical-led regime cannot ever be allowed to have nuclear weapons,” Rubio said. “We saw what they were willing to do to their own people. They were willing to slaughter their own people in the streets. Imagine what they would do to us. Imagine what they would do to others.”The administration maintains that the campaign’s focus is on destroying Iran’s ballistic missile program and weakening its naval capabilities, systems officials say could threaten U.S. forces and allies throughout the Middle East.WATCH:!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u5o49d"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v74e8fo","div":"rumble_v74e8fo"});The post BREAKING: Marco Rubio Says U.S. About to “UNLEASH CHIANG” on Iran — Warns Scope and Intensity of Strikes Will SURGE in Coming Hours and Days appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.