Diplomacy to War: How Trump’s Team Decided to Attack Iran
USS Spruance fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28.
Source: US Navy
Donald Trump was done negotiating.
For weeks he assembled an armada of carriers and destroyers in the waters of the Middle East, bolstered by squadrons of F-35 and F-22 jets dispatched to allied bases around the region. It was the largest US buildup since the 2003 Iraq war that toppled Saddam Hussein.