The president appeared to confirm fears that he’s improvising when it comes to his military campaign in Iran.

On Monday, the president’s lack of a plan in Iran was outlined in stark terms in a letter to Congress obtained by CBS News officially informing lawmakers of the strikes.

“Although the United States desires a quick and enduring peace, it is not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration of military operations that may be necessary,” Trump said in the letter.

U.S. forces “remain postured to take further action… to address further threats and attacks upon the United States or its allies and partners,” he continued.

The letter was sent under the War Powers Act, a 1973 resolution requiring the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying U.S. forces if Congress has not declared war. The deployment cannot last more than 60 days without congressional approval.

  • Alaknár@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Okay, but can you see how that’s not actually what you said?

    You just called it stupid.

    He said, and I quote:

    Yeah, it was made at a time when the concept of a war was a months long preparation of deploying troops and moving assets into place

    Note the plural in “months”.

    Then he added:

    You might want to look at the preparations for the invasion of Iraq if you want to know what an actual preparation for a war looks like.

    If you don’t know, the prep for the 2003 invasion of Iraq took 18 months.

    Even the extremely rushed (due to the fact that Saddam was actively killing Kuwait) Desert Storm took almost 6 months to prepare.

    Note that Iraq is 1/3rd the size of Iran.

    But with hindsight, do you think that carrier deployment unrelated?

    It’s not that it’s unrelated. It’s barely consequential considering the scale of the operation. And by “operation” I mean “the actual preparation that would normally take place if someone competent was responsible for the planning of the attack”.

    The US has assets (including carriers) in the region practically non-stop. One more or less doesn’t really change much in the context of them burning through ammo supplies, or the fact that @UnspecificGravity@piefed.social was 100% right in saying that this was completely rushed.