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| The White House reportedly asked the Pentagon for military plans to strike Iran |
| 2019-01-14 |
| [CNBC] The White House requested options for a military strike against Iran last September, a report by the Wall Street Journal revealed on Sunday, citing current and former U.S. officials. The request, reportedly made the National Security Council led by national security advisor John Bolton, alarmed Pentagon and State Department officials, The Journal wrote on Sunday. The Council made the move after an Iranian-aligned group fired missiles into Baghdad’s diplomatic quarter, which hosts the U.S. embassy in Iraq. No one was harmed. According to the publication, it remains unclear whether President Donald Trump himself knew about the request, whether the Pentagon ultimately delivered military options to the White House, and if concrete attack plans against the Islamic Republic were actually formulated. But officials who spoke to the publication confirmed that the Defense Department did indeed comply with the National Security Council’s request to develop those options. Bolton, an avid proponent of the Iraq invasion during the George W. Bush administration, has long taken one of the hardest lines against Iran in Washington and has openly supported the idea of regime change in Tehran. A spokesperson for the White House did not immediately reply to a CNBC request for comment. Garrett Marquis, a spokesman for the National Security Council told The Journal: "We continue to review the status of our personnel following attempted attacks on our embassy in Baghdad and our Basra consulate, and we will consider a full range of options to preserve their safety and our interests." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 Oslo better have more fucking beer than Iceland then.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-01-14 20:39 |
| #12 Darth, So that is why the 82nd Airborne Division's initial targets are the bars in Oslo ... |
| Posted by: Betty Ghibelline4272 2019-01-14 18:03 |
| #11 Usually the Junior officers are given the allies to plan the invasion, since it is a good starting point as we know their strengths and the risk of actual conflict is low. Provides good training for real plans in the future. Also if we have to pull something out right quick to invade Norway we at least aren't starting from zero. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-01-14 17:55 |
| #10 Mullah Richard, I agree. We should have plans to invade antarctica and update them occasionally. Doesn't help to let that slip once in awhile to remind Iran how unsafe they really area if the US decides to end them. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-01-14 15:42 |
| #9 Agreed, Besoeker, the US can't afford to have hostiles on it's border...no, wait.... |
| Posted by: Unang Johnson9229 2019-01-14 13:54 |
| #8 I bet there are plans to attack 'Iran' since "What if Rommel overruns Montgomery?" Heck people have been scheming how to attack that area since before the Bronze Age. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-01-14 13:36 |
| #7 "We probably have contingency plans for the invasion of Canada too" yup, Operation Ice Storm Initiate the attack! The French must be repatriated to their European homeland without delay! We can betray their plight no longer. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-14 08:54 |
| #6 "We probably have contingency plans for the invasion of Canada too" yup, Operation Ice Storm |
| Posted by: Therert Lumplump8694 2019-01-14 08:49 |
| #5 #2 that would involve War Plan Red. This may also be someone's game of playing the same cards the Mullah's have been engaged in. Threats and denouncements. Two can play that game. Leaks like this have more impact in Tehran than theirs in the Swamp. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-01-14 08:45 |
| #4 A competent Pentagon should have options planned and logistics already figured out. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-14 08:40 |
| #3 Not unusual. Strike plans are always asked for when there is threats to the US or allies. Usually it isn't the president, but an aid to the joint chiefs or some other bigwig so they can look over it and have answers if the president asks for options. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-01-14 08:40 |
| #2 We probably have contingency plans for the invasion of Canada too, so I'm not concerned at the moment. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-01-14 08:11 |
| #1 Was this request a 'triggering event' for Gen. Mattis ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-14 07:53 |