The Wall Street Journal is reporting tonight that Gulf Arab countries have been told by the Trump administration to prepare for an intense but brief military campaign after the midterm elections are over.
Here’s the reporting:
The U.S. has told several Gulf Arab countries to be prepared for a short, intense military campaign after the U.S. midterm elections, people briefed on the conversations said.
The communications through diplomatic and military channels are among a growing number of indications that the U.S. and Israel are readying to launch a new round of heavy combat operations against Iran, risking a major escalation in hopes of degrading Tehran’s strength and pushing it toward negotiations.
U.S. forces in the region have been restocking their munitions, and bomber aircraft and jet fighters are preparing for strikes, some of the officials said. An additional aircraft carrier strike group and Marine expeditionary unit are also poised to join an armada of roughly 20 other warships operating in the Middle East next month, although some ships could rotate out.
The U.S. military is bringing in a Patriot system from Texas to beef up its missile defenses and has moved troops off bases where they were vulnerable in preparation for an escalation, officials familiar with those moves said.
That’s all I have access to, but I think that’s enough to get a general idea that, at the very least, President Trump has a military camapign all planned out for Iran. Whether he chooses to do it or not remains up in the air. But it does seem likely at this point and, I suspect, this article serves as a message to Iran that he’s coming, and hell’s coming with him.
