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Iraq
US national security officials agree on options to President Donald Trump aimed at deterring attacks on US military or diplomatic personnel in Iraq
2020-12-24
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Posted by:Fred

#2  ^ foreseen. Anticipated by C-in-C, and alternate voices quietly solicited in advance
Posted by: Vernal Crilet7983   2020-12-24 13:39  

#1  It pains me to ask this question, but how many of the options presented will be lies... or based on incomplete truths designed to encourage President Trump to make a decision more to the taste of the generals than what he would have chosen had he been allowed to know what they weren’t telling him?
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-12-24 13:16  

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