President trump on Thursday endorsed a military strike on Iran in response to the incident with the downed American drone, but soon canceled it, — The New York Times reported, citing sources.
According to sources, the evening of 20 June, military and diplomatic officials were expecting a military attack before dawn Friday, June 21, for a number of purposes in Iran, including radar and missile batteries.
Times reports: it is unclear whether he changed his mind trump, or the administration changed its strategy against Iran. White house officials and the Pentagon official declined to comment.
Earlier, Iran downed the drone of the Navy United States over the Strait of Hormuz.
American and Iranian officials disagree about the destruction of the drone. Thus, Iran claims that during the incident, the drone was flying over the southern province Hormozgan in Iran. U.S. officials say he was flying over international waters.
«This drone was clearly in international waters, said trump reporters on Thursday. — We have it all documented. This is documented from a scientific point of view, not just words».
The New York Times reported that Secretary of state Mike Pompeo, a national security adviser John Bolton and the CIA Director Gina Haspel advocated a military response. On the contrary, officials at the Pentagon have warned that this could pose a danger to U.S. troops in the region.
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), the candidate in presidents of the United States, called the potential conflict with Iran is «unnecessary».
«Donald trump promised to bring our troops home. Instead, he provoked another unnecessary conflict. There is no reason for further escalation of this crisis,» tweeted Warren.
Donald Trump promised to bring our troops home. Instead he has pulled out of a deal that was working and instigated another unnecessary conflict. There is no justification for further escalating this crisis—we need to step back from the brink of war. https://t.co/roUHtzRlE8
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 21, 2019
A veteran of the air force and a member of the house of representatives from California Ted Liu expressed concern that trump «has no idea what’s doing in foreign policy.»
«Also very concerned that we read about these US decision on Iran at a high level in the media. Leaks from the administration trump’s mind — boggling,» tweeted Liu.
