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The Trump administration was preparing Friday for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, according to sources with direct knowledge of the planning, even as diplomacy continued.

Some members of the U.S. military and intelligence community canceled their plans for the Memorial Day weekend in anticipation of possible strikes, several sources said.

Defense and intelligence officials began updating recall rosters for U.S. installations overseas as tranches of troops stationed in the Middle East rotate out of theater, part of an effort to reduce the American military footprint in the region amid concern about possible Iranian retaliation.

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 10 points 23 hours ago

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/us-and-israel-planned-to-install-ahmadinejad-as-iranian-leader-nyt-says

It was reported by NYT that Trump, Hegseth and Netanyahu's plan for regime change was to install former Iranian President Ahmadinejad, someone with views largely aligned with the group currently in power... so it follows to me that the US-Israeli-plant Shah that many Iranians were calling for was not even part of the US' regime change playbook. The plan reportedly fell apart after the US-Israeli jailbreak plan was to blow up Ahmadinejad's house, injuring him in the process.

Not to mention, bombing a school full of children surely saved many civilian lives?

[-] claimsou@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

I am certainly not pretending Trump is clever. I just share his pov which I found very interesting.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Ahmedinejad is also a holocust denier

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