On Wednesday, in separate statements, two Iranian military leaders warned 'we are on the cusp of a full-scale confrontation with the enemy,' and 'Iran will defeat the American-Zionist front.' The question now is whether Iran has a plan.
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The question now, as tension builds, is does Iran have a plan? Is the plan to push and prod at America to see what reaction it can get? Is it to provoke Israel, as a proxy, into acting first, drawing in the U.S.
All of which appeared to be in stark contrast to what the supreme leader himself actually said on Tuesday."The Iranian nation’s definite option will be resistance in the face of the U.S., and in this confrontation, the U.S. would be forced into a retreat," Ayatollah Khamenei told a gathering of officials."
What we need is a period of calm to make sure that everyone understands what the other side is thinking." The U.S. is adamant that the threat from Iran is real. After a senior U.K. general had told reporters that there has not been"an increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria,” the Pentagon quickly issued a statement saying that those comments were not accurate. And then on Wednesday, the U.S.
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