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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.
Your America First scorecard left out yemen, syria, lebanon, gaza, the west bank, and Iran.
That we just indirectly attacked syria and gaza and the west bank and lebanon doesn’t change the fact that we attacked them through Israel.
The president is a shell of himself, the party is leading him around by the hand, betraying his America first promises. As we all knew he would, but alienating his america first fans that are not party stalwarts and supported him because he promised change and appeared to be fighting the corrupt system.
Now the president doesn’t think he needs them, as much as he thinks at all in his dotage. He is on his way out, he can’t stay awake when the cameras are rolling. The party is as arrogant as ever, expecting to rig elections just as the democrats arrogantly spite the left into supporting them because they aren’t the other guy.