The biggest military operation since Iraq was planned by five people...
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The biggest military operation since Iraq was planned by five people...
Only a handful of officials were reportedly looped into the planning for Operation Epic Fury: Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, and Gen. Caine.
That's it.
Senior diplomats who manage Middle East affairs were told nothing.
They found out the bombing had started from social media and news reports.
The State Department didn't urge Americans to leave the region until after the war began, by which point commercial airspace was already closed and tens of thousands of Americans were stranded.
Nobody planned how to evacuate U.S. citizens.
Nobody solved for who would lead Iran after the strikes.
Nobody had a strategy for reopening Hormuz if Iran closed it.
And the officials who could have raised those questions were deliberately kept out of the room.
The administration says the small circle was "by design" to allow fast decisions and prevent leaks.
But speed and secrecy aren't the same as planning.
The Iraq War had months of deliberation across dozens of agencies and it still went sideways.
This operation just had a group chat and a gut feeling.
Source: WSJ
posted by Satish Sharma at
10:20
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