According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, President Trump is pressing advisers for what he calls “decisive” military options against Iran, even after pulling back from ordering strikes last week.
* The U.S. has moved additional military assets into the Middle East, including fighter jets, an aircraft carrier, and air-defense systems, officials said.
* No strikes have been ordered as of yet, and officials continue to question whether airstrikes alone would achieve Trump’s goals, citing risks of escalation and the absence of a clear endgame.
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the aircraft carrier is a week away from the middle east. more importantly, its aegis-equipped destroyer escorts would bolster anti-missile defenses against an iranian attack. but regime change in iran doesn’t depend on external military force as much as on an internal uprising. and the cia has had plenty of experience engineering such things.