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❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The Trump administration had serious plans for a large scale US-Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites, but President Trump rejected the plan, preferring negotiations to a regional war

According to the report, a military strike on Iran had been actively debated within the administration during the past months, and was planned for possibly as early as May.

The strikes were supposed to be joint US-Israeli, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally traveled to Washington D.C. to try to convince President Trump to give the green light, which he refused.

Many senior administration officials, including the Secretary of Defense, warned that a war with Iran would be 'catastrophic' and that it would be highly controversial among the U.S. populace. – New York Times / Reuters

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❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed an ambitious plan involving Israeli 'commando raids' on several underground nuclear sites throughout Iran

Netanyahu wanted the raids to be supported by American airstrikes. When high-ranking IDF officials told Netanyahu the plan was incredibly complicated and would only be ready by October, he demanded it be prepared earlier, preferably by May. – New York Times

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❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed an ambitious plan involving Israeli 'commando raids' on several underground nuclear sites throughout Iran Netanyahu wanted the raids to be supported by American airstrikes. When high-ranking…
❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: There is a unanimous assessment within U.S. and Israeli military circles that an effective attack on Iran's nuclear sites cannot be carried out by Israel alone, and requires substantial American assistance to succeed

According to U.S. intelligence estimates, even with direct American support, a large-scale strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would likely only set its nuclear weapons program back by several weeks, or months at best.

U.S. intelligence has also assessed that a large-scale strike on Iran's nuclear program would likely result in Iran immediately starting the enrichment of uranium to weapons grade and going for a nuclear weapon. – New York Times / WP

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— The fact that Netanyahu actually believes Israeli commandos can somehow enter Iran, avoiding air defenses, penentrate hundreds of kilometers inland, safely land in the most well-defended and fortified sites in the country, take out the nuclear equipment without resistance, get back on the helicopters, and leave, is just so insane.

I don't even know what to say.

The guy is actually completely nuts.
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— The fact that Netanyahu actually believes Israeli commandos can somehow enter Iran, avoiding air defenses, penentrate hundreds of kilometers inland, safely land in the most well-defended and fortified sites in the country, take out the nuclear equipment…
🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NOTE: The U.S. tried to land special forces in Iran in 1980 (google 'Operation Eagle Claw')

At that time, Iran had just undergone a revolution, its military was in total disarray, and there were little to no air defenses or radars. Also, the landing site was in the middle of a desert and completely undefended.

Despite all of these positive conditions, 3 of the helicopters failed before even landing, and the mission was aborted. After the order was given to abort the mission, one of the remaining helicopters crashed into a transport plane, killing all those inside. This all without a single Iranian soldier being involved.

Bottom line: It is not easy to be Tom Cruise. If the U.S. couldn't do it in 1980, Israel can't do it in 2025.

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🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Saraya Al-Quds has published a recorded message from Israeli soldier and prisoner Baron Barslavsky.

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🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Saraya Al-Quds has released footage of targeting Israeli positions in the 'Netzarim' corridor with rockets and seizing reconnaissance drones.

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🇺🇸/🇫🇷/🇺🇦/🇮🇷 NEW: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are heading to Paris to discuss the Ukraine war and efforts to 'avert' a conflict with Iran.

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⚡️🤖🌎Several people received responses from ChatGPT that were completely unrelated to their requests... And by a strange coincidence, all these responses say that "Hamas/Houthis are terrorists."

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🇺🇸 President Donald Trump: 'The assassination attempt has not been explained to me perfectly by either the Secret Service or the FBI. I would like to hear the explanation. Even if it's not released to the public, I should be allowed to hear it, and I might very well release it to the public.'

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