The US military has developed new strike plans that include potentially using the so-called “mother of all bombs” to target Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites should President Donald Trump give the order to resume combat operations either before or after the midterm elections, according to multiple US officials familiar with the matter.
Using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb or MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal, for the first time in the conflict with Iran would mark a notable escalation, even though there are doubts over how effective it would be in accomplishing any of Trump’s stated strategic objectives or tipping the balance of the war, multiple sources familiar with internal military planning discussions about potentially deploying the weapon said.
Trump is facing pressure to bring an end to the deeply unpopular war — as Republicans brace for potential political backlash from voters in the upcoming midterm elections and there is little indication the two countries are close to a negotiated resolution after more than six months of US bombing.
I don’t think his next-in-line would be much better but at least he comes in with more to lose personally if one thing leads to another and we all get to see how MAD plays out.
Yeah, no. Trump isn’t the most radical and willing to die. Hitler wasn’t the most radical either, not for he wasn’t but because the followers have a much greater opportunity for fanaticism. This isn’t a great comparison by any means. Looking at more current events the Ayatollah was replaced by much more fanaticals, too. Much maligned Netanjahu also has many more radical people behind him, and he is being posed as a ‘new hitler’ by many.