Monday, August 03, 2026

The Wisdom Of Crowds*

Exclusive: The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump's war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

"We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran," an officer in US Central Command's intelligence branch wrote in a message sent Wednesday to a broad group of military analysts, according to a source.
Trump: I was asked by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Iran. We were all set to go just about at this time right now, and it would have been a massive attack. We were all set to go, but when our allies ask to call it off, you sort of have to say, “Well, let’s see.”

And the reason they asked is they think there’s a deal. There’s a deal on Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear—or you might call it the denuclearization of Iran. I call it the denuclearization of Iran….

So, we had an attack planned that would have been the biggest attack since World War II, and it would have been disastrous for them. They didn’t want us to do it. And frankly, Saudi Arabia didn’t want it either. I thought a deal was imminent.
*Crowds elected Trump. Twice.
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2 comments:

  1. jim, some guy in iowa1:35 PM

    "creative and unconventional" ways to punish Iran

    good thing we only believe war crimes work one way

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  2. Rmj1:58 PM

    Why we are not part of the ICC. So we can never be criminals.

    Trump is more American than most of us want to acknowledge.

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