Virtually every claim, every statement he made about Iran was false. Not to mention that he directly contradicted reports from his own Pentagon that it was considering sending up to 10,000 more troops to the region to buttress the U.S. presence and its defense in the event of an Iranian..…
“This is a prudent response to credible threats from Iran,” Shanahan tweeted Friday. . A Pentagon spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment on the deployment. . ..…
He also lobbied successfully for Pentagon to produce plan to send 120,000 troops to Middle East should Iran attack American soldiers or accelerate its nuclear weapons programme, on May 13. ..…
In weeks United States has sent USS Abraham Lincoln, B-52 bombers, Patriot battery and more firepower into Persian Gulf in escalation of military threats against Iran.. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced May that Pentagon had plans to send 120,000 troops in the event that..…