A fresh round of military strikes against Iran are being prepared by the Pentagon, as diplomacy continues to bring an end to the 12-week war.
Sources with direct knowledge of the planning told CBS that no final decision has yet been made.
In a social-media post, President Trump said “circumstances pertaining to government” will prevent him from attending his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding this weekend.
Sources told CBS important members of the military and intelligence communities have also cancelled their Memorial Weekend plans.
According to CBS, “Defense and intelligence officials began updating recall rosters for U.S. installations overseas as tranches of troops stationed in the Middle East rotate out of theater, part of an effort to reduce the American military footprint in the region amid concern about possible Iranian retaliation.”
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said President Trump’s redlines are “abundantly clear,” and that Iran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon or keep its enriched uranium.
“The President always maintains all options at all times, and it is the job of the Pentagon to be ready to execute any decision the Commander-in-Chief could make,” Kelly said.
“The President has been clear about the consequences if Iran fails to make a deal.”
On Wednesday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned that a resumption of hostilities could lead to a widening of the conflict beyond the Middle East and “crushing blows… in places you cannot even imagine.”
The same day, President Trump said he was prepared to give Iran “a couple of day” to respond to the late proposal.
A response is expected to be conveyed via mediators in Pakistan.
On Thursday, an attempt by House Republicans to hold a vote limiting President Trump’s ability to resume strikes against Iran was abandoned, after failing to secure enough votes to proceed.
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Paid zionist propagandist, you are unable to follow matters.
Watch the crazy Zionist asses attack Iran… and then watch Iran return fire on the UAE as their desalination plants and electric infrastructure implodes. You think the world is in bad shape now-you have seen nothing yet when the world economy goes into depression.
Trump won’t be safe after that. He can run and hide-people will be looking for him.
If Washington keeps playing with fire in the Middle East, they’re going to get burned and they’ll have no one to blame but themselves.
If Biden and Obama weren’t enough to tank this countries core, than why not spend what we have left in the bank on Israel and her needs. That’s what a good leftist nation does, it loves its neighbors like itself. No apologist aboard this ship of state and there really ought to be. People here are just not as committed to God as our neighbors over there are. We like our spikes and chains and we absolutely love our sex industry. What would our country be like without the billions of dollars that gambling, sex, and bookmaking produce. We refuse to apologize for our sins. We are the “great rebellion” spoke about in the Bible.
Do we have the right to condemn Muslims for clinging to the old ways, for after all ‘freedom’ does have its insidious underbelly.
Greater Israel or die. Seems to have had been given orders from the Middle East’s greatest predator, not that America hasn’t always been a predator too.
Good. Looking forward to seeing the brown leftists plaguing this site cope and seethe.