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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump may be planning a massive strike on Iran with no intention of staying to fight
The latest reporting on Trump’s plans for Iran points to a potentially massive attack designed to hit hard, claim victory and withdraw without committing American ground troops.
CNN says the Pentagon has considered using the GBU-43, the massive bomb known as the MOAB, against Iranian targets.
But there is a problem with the choice of weapon.
The MOAB is designed to destroy surface targets, while Iran’s most heavily protected nuclear facilities are buried underground and require specialized bunker-busting weapons.
Brandon Weichert believes America’s stockpile of those bunker-busters has already been severely depleted.
If he is right, another bombing campaign could consume valuable weapons without accomplishing much strategically.
The bigger uncertainty is what Iran does afterward.
One possibility is that Tehran retaliates against American bases, claims its own victory and allows Trump to withdraw.
Weichert sees a more dangerous scenario in which Iran tries to inflict a much more humiliating defeat, potentially coordinating with the Houthis to threaten American naval forces.
That is the central gamble.
Trump may be preparing an attack whose primary purpose is to give him a politically acceptable exit.
But an exit strategy only works if the other side is willing to let you leave.
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@MarioNawfal This guy just talks out his ass America have loads of bombs left they could carpet bomb moab and bunker buster them at once
