Donald Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved attack plans for Iran but has withheld a final order to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the deliberations.

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      There was also the 20k missiles that were supposed to be sent to Ukraine that got diverted to the middle east. They not only knew it was going to happen but stepped up on weaponry.

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      I’m not saying you’re wrong but you can agree that there’s a few other likely explanations too, right?

      I’m also curious to know what other correlations we confuse with causation regarding geo-politics if anyone knows others like this

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        It’s a historically observed effect, correlated to actual military action. Could you provide a couple of those other likely explanations?

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          The pentagon knew Israel was about to attack, they said so themselves, but denied any support or involvement. This seems to a valid reason for the pizza party, just to track, observe and be ready for any unexpected counter response.

          I am in the camp where I believe the USA hasn’t actively been involved yet but fully intend to be in the coming days. We have a seen Israel do anything they weren’t already capable of, and the massive shift of US jets, missiles and an aircraft carrier to the middle east has largely happened after the initial attack.

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          Navy Kevin had a birthday and everyone at the Pentagon had a sleepover and ordered hundreds of pizzas. Bibi wasn’t invited, so he got mad and started a second war.