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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am getting a handle on how all of this went down. Re: Iran.
The CIA or some intelligence agency provided Trump with credible information that the heads of State in Iran would all be assembled in one place. And that's why Trump gave the approval for the attack. By all signs it was an impulsive action to take advantage of an opportunity without giving any thought to what would come next. He thought it would be shock and awe and that Iran would be without leaders to retaliate in response.
And he was wrong.
Because he doesn't know what comes next, he dithers between telling people he is ready to walk away, but when Iran continues to retaliate against Middle Eastern countries, those allies of his compel him to stay in the fight. Which, if there is no push back from Congress, will definitely end up putting US boots on the ground.
And the Americans stranded in Israel? Acceptable casualties, I imagine, because it's to Israel's benefit to keep them there to keep America invested in a fight where Trump, is working without a plan.
EdmondDantes_
(1,651 posts)Although you did miss one very important part to Trump. He's definitely already planning his (in his mind, definitely his) victory parade so he can be seen as the triumphant commander.
Baitball Blogger
(52,086 posts)tanyev
(49,053 posts)calguy
(6,130 posts)Granted, this was a YouTube video which must be taken with a grain of salt, but it discussed the Russian and Chinese elements we haven't been discussing. They are aligned with Iran, and built up their intelligence to detect what was happening in advance. According to the source, China warned Iran when the Isreali jets took off, giving them a full two and a half hours to get their leadership out of harms way. But it didnt happen.
Now China and Russia are evaluating why their early warnings were not heeded, bringing up the possibility that there is a mole embedded in the Iranian government who didnt pass the warnings up the chain of command, causing Chinas intelligence to fail preventing the assassinations of Irans upper echelons of power in a few short minutes.
usonian
(24,619 posts)Some say that he got word of an Israeli attack and didn't want to play second fiddle.
Mosby
(19,489 posts)So far the Iranians have killed several Jewish families (9 fatalities) and one Philippino women.