Go sit on a block of ice. I guess you forget all the times that the American military screwed up by reacting too quickly or by bowing to popular opinion.
Pardon me, but that tells me nothing. You don't know who the officials are, how high up they are, whether they have information or disinformation or what they actually said. What were their signals, semaphore flags?
Likewise, what does "big military strike" mean?
The article is nonnews.
In a word: "Yep."