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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Sought Options for Attacking Iran to Stop Its Growing Nuclear Program
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear.html
The president was dissuaded from moving ahead with a strike by advisers who warned that it could escalate into a broader conflict in his last weeks in office.
Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned President Trump against a strike on Iran and described the potential risks of military escalation.
By Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman, David E. Sanger, Helene Cooper and Lara Jakes
Nov. 16, 2020, 6:59 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON President Trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday whether he had options to take action against Irans main nuclear site in the coming weeks. The meeting occurred a day after international inspectors reported a significant increase in the countrys stockpile of nuclear material, four current and former U.S. officials said on Monday.
A range of senior advisers dissuaded the president from moving ahead with a military strike. The advisers including Vice President Mike Pence; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Christopher C. Miller, the acting defense secretary; and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that a strike against Irans facilities could easily escalate into a broader conflict in the last weeks of Mr. Trumps presidency.
Any strike whether by missile or cyber would almost certainly be focused on Natanz, where the International Atomic Energy Agency reported on Wednesday that Irans uranium stockpile was now 12 times larger than permitted under the nuclear accord that Mr. Trump abandoned in 2018. The agency also noted that Iran had not allowed it access to another suspected site where there was evidence of past nuclear activity.
Mr. Trump asked his top national security aides what options were available and how to respond, officials said.
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The president was dissuaded from moving ahead with a strike by advisers who warned that it could escalate into a broader conflict in his last weeks in office.
Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned President Trump against a strike on Iran and described the potential risks of military escalation.
By Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman, David E. Sanger, Helene Cooper and Lara Jakes
Nov. 16, 2020, 6:59 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON President Trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday whether he had options to take action against Irans main nuclear site in the coming weeks. The meeting occurred a day after international inspectors reported a significant increase in the countrys stockpile of nuclear material, four current and former U.S. officials said on Monday.
A range of senior advisers dissuaded the president from moving ahead with a military strike. The advisers including Vice President Mike Pence; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Christopher C. Miller, the acting defense secretary; and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that a strike against Irans facilities could easily escalate into a broader conflict in the last weeks of Mr. Trumps presidency.
Any strike whether by missile or cyber would almost certainly be focused on Natanz, where the International Atomic Energy Agency reported on Wednesday that Irans uranium stockpile was now 12 times larger than permitted under the nuclear accord that Mr. Trump abandoned in 2018. The agency also noted that Iran had not allowed it access to another suspected site where there was evidence of past nuclear activity.
Mr. Trump asked his top national security aides what options were available and how to respond, officials said.
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Trump Sought Options for Attacking Iran to Stop Its Growing Nuclear Program (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Nov 2020
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Butterflylady
(3,543 posts)1. I knew it, all the changes of DOD pointed exactly to this.
He needed yes men to help him. He wants a war to keep him in office.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)2. As of Thursday, they talked him out of it
...however, we have 65 days to go.
Midnight Writer
(21,753 posts)3. Trump sought options for attacking Iran to claim glory for himself
GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)4. He plans to leave a mess ...
the biggest MESS.
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)5. If Only There Were An Agreement Preventing Iran From Building Nukes
Oh, that's right. There WAS one. And Iran was abiding by it. #OneTermDonnie wiped his ass with it.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)6. I still expect him to order a nuclear strike
I hope Im Wrong.
But I am prepared for it.
treestar
(82,383 posts)7. I bet he thinks
He could stay in office because War.