As late as 7 p.m., military and diplomatic officials were expecting a strike, after intense discussions and debate at the White House among the president’s top national security officials and congressional leaders, according to multiple senior administration officials involved in or briefed on the deliberations.
It was not clear whether Mr. Trump simply changed his mind on the strikes or whether the administration altered course because of logistics or strategy. It was also not clear whether the attacks might still go forward.
I, for one, am shocked - shocked - that John Bolton was the administration official pushing for military action against Iran. Those dang Pentagon loons don't know the first thing about the military.
Jokes aside, this is terrifying. I'm terrified of how close we came to war with Iran, a war that would kill millions of Americans and Iranians. If Trump had never pulled out of the nuclear pact with Iran, I can't imagine this would be happening. In my view, his resentment for Obama has contributed greatly to this.
I wonder what the repercussions of US starting an all-out war with Iran would be. All the newspaper/magazine articles analysing a potential US-Iran war I've seen have been in either American or Israeli media, and they don't seem to be very objective to say the least. Many acknowledge that Iran would not want to fight a symmetrical war, but all of them have concluded that the US would have "no trouble" winning any conflict with Iran.
Considering that the US is still stuck in the omnifucks that are the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and how much less developed they are when compared to Iran, I'm not exactly convinced. Has anyone here run into any honest analyses? I'd love ("love") to read some.