Despite some Lavon Affair type conspiracy chatter surfacing again following reports of Saudi tankers being sabotaged, there is no proof that Isreal or any other entity engaged in false flag operation to blame Iran in effort to push US in war against Iran.
Ironically, below report citing 'echoes of Iraq war' is published by NYT, a paper that had led the fakenews "Iraq WMD" narrative with help of NYT's Judith Miller to help start Iraq war (Judith incidentally is reporting on Iran tensions thse days at notorious 'neocons rehab center' aka Foxnews).
Lately, NYT has been publishing some stunning reports that don't quite fit its historic style.
White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War
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The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln last week in the Persian Gulf. As a precaution, the Pentagon has moved an aircraft carrier and more naval firepower to the gulf region.CreditCreditU.S. Navy, via Associated Press
By Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes
- May 13, 2019
WASHINGTON — At a meeting of President Trump’s top national security aides last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran attack American forces or accelerate work on nuclear weapons, administration officials said.
The revisions were ordered by hard-liners led by John R. Bolton, Mr. Trump’s national security adviser. It does not call for a land invasion of Iran, which would require vastly more troops, officials said.
The development reflects the influence of Mr. Bolton, one of the administration’s most virulent Iran hawks, whose push for confrontation with Tehran was ignored more than a decade ago by President George W. Bush.
It is highly uncertain whether Mr. Trump, who has sought to disentangle the United States from Afghanistan and Syria, ultimately would send so many American forces back to the Middle East.
It is also unclear whether the president has been briefed on the number of troops or other details in the plans. On Monday, asked about if he was seeking regime change in Iran, Mr. Trump said: “We’ll see what happens with Iran. If they do anything, it would be a very bad mistake.”
There are sharp divisions in the administration over how to respond to Iran at a time when tensions are rising about Iran’s nuclear policy and its intentions in the Middle East.
The size of the force involved has shocked some who have been briefed on them. The 120,000 troops would approach the size of the American force that invaded Iraq in 2003.
Deploying such a robust air, land and naval force would give Tehran more targets to strike, and potentially more reason to do so, risking entangling the United States in a drawn out conflict. It also would reverse years of retrenching by the American military in the Middle East that began with President Barack Obama’s withdrawal of troops from Iraq in 2011.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/w...lans-iran.html
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