Publication said its sources confirmed Pentagon was looking at options against specific targets
By Bob Unruh
A leftist publication only hours earlier had claimed, citing “administration officials,” that the White House had asked the Pentagon to propose strike options against Iranian targets that could be launched before the midterm elections just weeks from now.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump fixed that report.
“We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd. IRAN WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!” Trump posted on social media.
It was The Atlantic that had claimed its sources were telling it about a plan to develop strike options.
The publication said, “The White House has asked the Pentagon to develop strike options against Iranian targets that could be exercised ahead of the midterms.”
A White House official soon told Fox, “The Commander-in-Chief has all options available at any time. The United States is in a very strong position with control of the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranian economy collapsing. … Iran has been decimated, and things will go one of two ways; the easy way or the hard way.”