Monday, September 11, 2017

A New U.S. Strategy To Confront Iran?

An Iranian vessel steers close to the U.S. Navy coastal patrol craft USS Thunderbolt (R) in the Gulf in a still image from video provided by the U.S. Navy July 25, 2017. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Reuters: Exclusive: Trump to weigh more aggressive U.S. strategy on Iran - sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is weighing a strategy that could allow more aggressive U.S. responses to Iran’s forces, its Shi‘ite Muslim proxies in Iraq and Syria, and its support for militant groups, according to six current and former U.S. officials.

The proposal was prepared by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, national security adviser H.R. McMaster and other top officials, and presented to Trump at a National Security Council meeting on Friday, the sources said.

It could be agreed and made public before the end of September, two of the sources said. All of the sources are familiar with the draft and requested anonymity because Trump has yet to act on it.

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WNU Editor: I guess it is now safe to say that President Obama's policy of trying to find common ground with Iran and to engage on manners where both parties have a shared interest is now dead.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The interesting thing is that we, the public do not get to see parts of the nuclear deal. We also don't know exactly what Iran is violating of this deal. Did Iran sell nuclear secrets to north Korea? How many terror activities do they sponsor? Everything is secret and covert.

Anonymous said...

What could possibly go wrong?

fred said...

if Iran gave or sold secrets to N. K., or elsewhere, they are likely going to make this known to the world...