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Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader, US officials say
Reuters ^ | June 15, 202511:43 AM CDT | Steve Holland

Posted on 06/15/2025 11:01:26 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: mairdie; E. Pluribus Unum

“It keeps a very large club over the head of Iranian leaders to make sure our troops and bases aren’t attacked. Good move.”

This Plan has no doubt been wargamed for years, and several potential risks identified (such as Iranian surrogates striking US assets in the Mid-East, activating sleeper sabotage/assassination cells inside the USA, shutting the Straits of Hormuz, etc.).

So those risks are being managed, with incentives and disincentives to enemy decision makers. Khameni’s survival, now depends on him not crossing the red line of attacks on America, otherwise, we green light Israel to kill him.


41 posted on 06/15/2025 11:52:13 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Netanyahu is going to destroy Israel, and we wants to pull the USA into his misadventures.


42 posted on 06/15/2025 11:53:45 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Both the White House and Bibi have denied this. But I guess you believe two unnamed sources quoted in Reuters over them.


43 posted on 06/15/2025 11:56:41 AM PDT by norcal joe
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To: norcal joe

I don’t believe anything. I gather information from as many sources as possible to form my own conclusions.

I concluded long ago that “anonymous source” means “lie,” but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to know what lies they’re telling today.


44 posted on 06/15/2025 12:02:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

ESCAPE FROM TEHRAN — CITIZENS ARE FLEEING THE CITY.

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1934294803703013654


45 posted on 06/15/2025 12:04:13 PM PDT by DFG
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

STOOOPID! A Mullah is not the “elected” president. Iran has killed dozens of Israeli civilians. This was a bad move - IF true.


46 posted on 06/15/2025 12:06:20 PM PDT by montag813
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To: enumerated
The dumb play would be to publicly sanction the assassination of a another foreign leader.

He is a glorified Imam, who was never elected by anyone.

47 posted on 06/15/2025 12:08:40 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Kazan

Unfortunately we are in the minority about this on here.


48 posted on 06/15/2025 12:09:59 PM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think this was a bad decision on Trumps part. The Iranians might have raised up and seized power changing everything.


49 posted on 06/15/2025 12:11:44 PM PDT by Ronald77
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To: rod5591

Trump just gave Iranian the Bomb just like Carter
destroyed Iran .
Israel will never ever have this chance to stop them again .

Remember this day when Iranian proclaim it has the Bomb .

Trump has Screwed the West here .

But he will be dead so no skin off his back .


50 posted on 06/15/2025 12:11:45 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: Ronald77
I think this was a bad decision on Trumps part. The Iranians might have raised up and seized power changing everything.

Because taking out Saddam and Gaddafi worked out so well.

51 posted on 06/15/2025 12:14:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Iran/Iranian Leaders is the head of the snake. They have been financing terror for decades. As Netanyahu said ‘we’ll do what we need to do’. Let Israel do what it needs to do and stay the hell out of it.


52 posted on 06/15/2025 12:15:20 PM PDT by LibertyWoman (Turns out, all we needed was a new President...)
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To: rod5591

Why would Israelis discuss it with the administration unless they wanted the US to be complicit?

If they really wanted to kill the leader on their own they would have done it. Don’t drag us into it.


53 posted on 06/15/2025 12:15:55 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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Why would Israelis discuss it with the administration unless they wanted the US to be complicit?

If they really wanted to kill the leader on their own they would have done it. Don’t drag us into it.


54 posted on 06/15/2025 12:16:04 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Better to let him flee to Russia like Assad and be considered a coward instead of a martyr.
55 posted on 06/15/2025 12:17:18 PM PDT by AU72
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‘ Why would Israelis discuss it with the administration unless they wanted the US to be complicit?

If they really wanted to kill the leader on their own they would have done it. Don’t drag us into it.’

Unnamed sources attempting to make Trump look in control, but not complicit is trying to thread the needle.


56 posted on 06/15/2025 12:19:09 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: UnwashedPeasant
ran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its Quds Force, were responsible for the deaths of at least 603 American troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2011

No kidding. That's what happens when are troops are placed in harm's way trying to nation build in country.

57 posted on 06/15/2025 12:21:21 PM PDT by Kazan
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“The last thing we need is to get involved in this war directly, occupy and try to nation build in Iran.”

I agree. We should drop 10 of our largest bunker busters on Natanz and Fordow centrifuge sites. Drop one on their fake holy city of Qom. Then call it a day. With no war, no boots on the ground.

GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator is our largest bunker buster


58 posted on 06/15/2025 12:23:41 PM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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Drop one on their fake holy city of Qom.

So, you want to inflame hundreds of millions of Shia and make US citizens targets of Islamic terrorist attacks?

It's fairly likely there are Islamic sleep cells in the country thanks to four years of open borders under Biden.

59 posted on 06/15/2025 12:26:53 PM PDT by Kazan
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""Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we're not even talking about going after the political leadership," said one of the sources, a senior U.S. administration official."

Who is this "offical"? That snot-nosed Maltese shit falcon who got pwnd by Musk?

Iran has killed Americans through their proxies Hezbollah, the Mahdi Army, and even the Houthis.

So basically this shit-for-brains in the White House is saying, "We're waiting for Iran to publically execute American servicemen or an American(s) of some stature before we take out the Ayatollah, if then."

60 posted on 06/15/2025 12:27:34 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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