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With Iran flexing its might, President Trump appears to be weighing military options again, after rejecting plans to escalate.
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By Andrea Widburg I still wish he’d drop a few bombs on bridges, but he’s got a lot of balls in the air, and amending his negotiating posture is a good way to handle things.
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There is no shortage of targets should President Trump, in coordination with Israel, decide to resume the assault on Iran.
Jimmy Kimmel noted that the president backs down on his own deadlines to bomb Iran “every Tuesday. It’s like a new episode of ‘NCIS.’”
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President Trump convened a meeting on Iran with his top national security team on Monday evening that included a briefing on military options, two U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters: The meeting took place several hours after Trump announced he was suspending attacks he claimed were planned for Tuesday. - Trump continues to claim Iran has only a few days to reach a diplomatic breakthrough. He said Monday that the deadline was "two-three days, maybe Friday or Saturday, early next week." - While Trump has repeatedly threatened military action during the ceasefire without following through, the fact that he was briefed on military plans on Monday suggests he's seriously considering resuming the war. Behind the scenes: U.S.…
Is Trump getting played by the Iranians? Also, thoughts about The Odyssey and Great Men (and Women), and why Maria Montessori was a genius.
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'Xi Jinping does nothing, still wins'
America may be losing more than just the conflict in Iran.
President Trump described the risky mission to rescue an Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down, but he offered no clear path out of the war.