• 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.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    So MAGAs, let’s check the scoreboard:

    • America First, no foreign entanglements. Didn’t realize that there were exceptions for Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, NATO, etc

    • Lower Prices on Day 1 - Past day 365, and prices are way up, and rising fast.

    • Epstein Files - We’re going to expose all those Democratic perverts…oh wait, they’re all MAGAs. Never mind, nothing to see here, move along…

    • Deport Illegal Immigrant Criminals - Including innocent people, children, families, veterans, farm workers, etc. with no due process. If they can deny due process to them, they can deny it to YOU.

    • Making America safer - By releasing poorly trained Death Squads into our streets, breaking out into spontaneous firing squads against innocent citizens.

    So why are you still in? Is it the mind-boggling corruption? Or the constant barrage of obvious lies and gaslighting? Is it the destruction of our White House and Monuments? Is it the destruction of our influence around the world? Is it the virtuosic incompetence?

    Is it the pants-shitting press conferences? Because I’ll admit that I do enjoy those myself (Listen for the audible shart at :33, and watch the lady in green’s reaction as staffers frantically clear the room, almost in a panic).

    I’ll bet it’s the Pedophilia. The one thing MAGA can be counted on for, is to protect and defend pedophiles.

    Thats why MAGAs are ALL Pedophiles. Every last one. If you vote MAGA, you are a Pedophile, and always will be.

  • choui4@lemmy.zip
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    If you are in the military, please learn lessons from Vietnam

    • tidderuuf@lemmy.world
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      Didn’t most of them vote for Trump? I’m kind of hoping those that voted for this are the first wave in.

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        Unfortunately only a handful of US soldiers tends to die or be injured in these wars, so most of them will likely never see anything close to the evil they’re inflicting.

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        Those that work forces, yes. But we on tje left MUST start appealing to them.

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            Dems arent left and I dont mean on our policies. Leftist policies are the only way to make the world better. I mean: we should stop being so strict about forgiving people and stop with the egotistical purity testing

            • ...m...@ttrpg.network
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              “I don’t doubt that you made your choices with hope for making the world a better place, but now you can see what those choices have wrought. Today is your opportunity to let those choices go and join the right side of history.”

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      have you? vietnam was backed by soviet union and china when these states were at peak performance, and north vietnamese government was genuinely popular. iran today is not it, who’s gonna stand up for them, fucking north korea? mullah’s regime doesn’t seem to be popular either https://gamaan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GAMAAN-Iran-Religion-Survey-2020-English.pdf also iranian air defences were already shown to be unable of touching american aircraft last year, and nobody’s talking about ground invasion

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        The comment you’re replying to is directed at the American military personnel. Famously, American soldiers shot and killed their commanding officers on numerous occasions during the Vietnam war, so what they’re advocating for is mutiny by execution, and effectively martyrdom.

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    For US power to completely fade we need to get embroiled in a costly war that hollows our military power out. It makes sense the zionists would choose Iran for us to choke on.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    If Iran still has a functional missile program, might hit an oil target in Saudi Arabia to restart peace negotiations.