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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the WaPo front page: 
[b]Bracing for a possible Iranian-linked attack, U.S. officials warn ‘the threat streams are very real’[/b]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/12/30/us-iran-military-tensions/

We are coming up on the one-year anniversary of the drone strike against Solemanei. It seems that the Administration/Pentagon is expecting retaliation before Trump leaves office.[/quote]

I read the article, and simply put, I don't believe there's a new/heightened threat that would require the level of buildup/deployment we are witnessing. I think they are exaggerating existing threat reporting as a pretext. And I'd bet almost my bottom dollar the "senior defense official" quoted is one of Trump's handpicked lackeys.

I don't buy that Iran wants to do something big like shooting some missile at the American Embassy in Iraq before Trump leaves office in retaliation for Suleimani. Suleimani was a personal blow. The attempted payback will be on the same level. And divorcing that response from the Trump Administration makes it an American problem, not a Trump problem. Our personnel footprint in Iraq is so drawn down at this point that I just don't buy this story.

I do think the Trump Administration would engineer a conflict so they can attack/bomb Iran, thus killing almost any possibility of a return the nuclear deal.[/quote]

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