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- Trump says it has been difficult to make a deal with Iran
- US fully expects Iran to retaliate, official says
- A sustained campaign carries more risk to US forces, broader Middle East
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious conflict than previously seen between the countries.
The disclosure by the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the planning, raises the stakes for the diplomacy underway between the United States and Iran.
U.S. and Iranian diplomats held talks in Oman last week in an effort to revive diplomacy over Tehran’s nuclear program, after Trump amassed military forces in the region, raising fears of new military action.
U.S. officials said on Friday the Pentagon was sending an additional aircraft carrier to the Middle East, adding thousands more troops along with fighter aircraft, guided-missile destroyers and other firepower capable of waging attacks and defending against them.
Trump, speaking to U.S. troops on Friday at a base in North Carolina, said it had “been difficult to make a deal” with Iran.
“Sometimes you have to have fear. That’s the only thing that really will get the situation taken care of,” Trump said.
Didn’t most of them vote for Trump? I’m kind of hoping those that voted for this are the first wave in.
2020 was the first time in decades the military vote leaned blue.
If the US military were capable of self-reflection the world would be a different place.
Unfortunately only a handful of US soldiers tends to die or be injured in these wars, so most of them will likely never see anything close to the evil they’re inflicting.
AFAIK they are pretty evenly split among the same demographic lines.
Those that work forces, yes. But we on tje left MUST start appealing to them.
“The left must start appealing to right wingers!”
Yeah that worked great last 20 elections.
Dems arent left and I dont mean on our policies. Leftist policies are the only way to make the world better. I mean: we should stop being so strict about forgiving people and stop with the egotistical purity testing
“I don’t doubt that you made your choices with hope for making the world a better place, but now you can see what those choices have wrought. Today is your opportunity to let those choices go and join the right side of history.”