The White House is reportedly reviewing plans to deploy as many as 120,000 US troops to the Middle East in the event that Iran moves to boost its uranium enrichment or launches attacks on American targets.
The plan — which approaches the level of troop buildup prior to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 — was presented last Thursday during a meeting of defense chiefs, The New York Times reported late Monday citing more than half a dozen unnamed defense officials in US President Donald Trump’s administration.
The report said the plan was the most aggressive of several proposals presented during the Pentagon meeting on the order of hawkish US national security adviser John Bolton in light of escalating tensions with Iran.
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