Pentagon, Coming Up Empty, Solicits ‘Creative’ Ideas for How to Win Iran War
The Pentagon, nexus of American military might, the institution that holds the brightest martial minds in the world, whose resources are greater than any warchest the greatest killers of history could even imagine, has a question for all those under its command: Does anyone … uh … have any ideas? According to CNN, a senior Pentagon official sent an email last week to a broad group of military analysts asking for new ideas on the Iran war, which has become a tactical and strategic quagmire for Donald Trump’s administration.
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The Pentagon, nexus of American military might, the institution that holds the brightest martial minds in the world, whose resources are greater than any warchest the greatest killers of history could even imagine, has a question for all those under its command: Does anyone … uh … have any ideas? According to CNN, a senior Pentagon official sent an email last week to a broad group of military analysts asking for new ideas on the Iran war, which has become a tactical and strategic quagmire for Donald Trump’s administration. “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” the official wrote, per CNN. This is just one email from one official, of course, a tiny part of the Pentagon’s overall strategic input into the war on Iran.
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- The Pentagon, nexus of American military might, the institution that holds the brightest martial minds in the world, whose resources are greater than any warchest the greatest killers of history could even imagine, has a question for all those under its command: Does anyone … uh … have any ideas? According to CNN, a senior Pentagon official sent an email last week to a broad group of military analysts asking for new ideas on the Iran war, which has become a tactical and strategic quagmire for Donald Trump’s administration.
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