“A ‘Little Epic Fury’? Impossible.”

Trump calls a new war with Iran a ‘little’ Epic Fury. With oil at $117 and Iran vowing a painful response, nothing about it is little.

Guest article by Brett Erickson, Managing Principal of Obsidian Risk Advisors

Nighttime scene on a Tehran highway on March 7, 2026, showing massive fireballs and thick smoke from burning oil facilities after US-Israeli strikes during Operation Epic Fury.

Speaking to the press yesterday, President Trump stated that the United States may return to war with Iran for a “little” Epic Fury. While this may sound better than what many people had feared, it is also entirely absurd and detached from easily observable shifts in the strategic landscape since Epic Fury initially began.