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No preview of the Iran play is coming from Marco Rubio. At the Department of State podium he said he won't discuss what the US may or may not do militarily, and he won't stand there and broadcast that any decision in that regard has been made. What he did relay was President Trump's observation that the United States remains the most highly capable military power on EARTH. Rubio says objectives can be achieved if we seek to, but no decision has been made and no announcement is coming with him. Keeping the enemy guessing is the whole point, and asking for a preview is a waste of breath. Every option stays open, and Iran is panicked, left to wait it out through Election Day. Rubio added that the President would rather solve this diplomatically, and if immediate action were his preference it would've happened weeks or months ago. Confidence is there that the US succeeds militarily if needed, though peaceful is the preferred route

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No preview of the Iran play is coming from Marco Rubio. At the Department of State podium he said he won't discuss what the US may or may not do militarily, and he won't stand there and broadcast that any decision in that regard has been made. What he did relay was President Trump's observation that the United States remains the most highly capable military power on EARTH. Rubio says objectives can be achieved if we seek to, but no decision has been made and no announcement is coming with him. Keeping the enemy guessing is the whole point, and asking for a preview is a waste of breath. Every option stays open, and Iran is panicked, left to wait it out through Election Day. Rubio added that the President would rather solve this diplomatically, and if immediate action were his preference it would've happened weeks or months ago. Confidence is there that the US succeeds militarily if needed, though peaceful is the preferred route

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