It’s neither, the US was cooking up these plans for a long time
But these aren’t plans. This is not a smoking gun. This is a proposition that was made decades ago, while we already at war in the region, to extend that war into Iran. It’s silly to point to this as the reason that the conflict started now, which is what the OP was doing.
That is what we were arguing about. The OP said
But these aren’t plans. This is not a smoking gun. This is a proposition that was made decades ago, while we already at war in the region, to extend that war into Iran. It’s silly to point to this as the reason that the conflict started now, which is what the OP was doing.
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