As the tenth day of renewed strikes begins, the United States is mulling a plan to ignite a much wider war with Iran than it currently is engaged in. Media outlets in the US claim that Washington’s war mongers are planning to enter into an all-out war with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that Washington is ramping up its air war assets in the Middle East, while it is unaware that it lacks the resources and assets for an extended military campaign in Iran.
The warning comes as the Pentagon confirmed that at least four US service members had been killed after Iranian forces launched retaliatory strikes on American military facilities in the region. According to a report by the New York Times, US forces were hit by Iranian missile and drone attacks several times over the past week, wounding dozens of troops and damaging several Black Hawk helicopters.
The Pentagon is continuing to boost its military aircraft in the Middle East, as both the US and Iran escalate strike intensity on civilian and military targets.
An unnamed US official told The Washington Post that “The US is planning for a wider war.” The official also warned that the American military effort would be limited by dwindling air defense interceptor and missile supplies, which had been actively used up during the previous stages of the war.
“We do not have enough to safely sustain operations, and I don’t think the White House is aware of that,” the official ominously added.
Military experts agreed with the official. Some cited in the report said Washington remains unprepared for potential ground operations inside Iran.
Supplies have dwindled in the aftermath of the US’s support of Ukraine during its war, one most know Kiev cannot win.
On Friday, Axios reported that Washington had notified Israel that it was sending dozens of additional refueling planes ahead of a possible expansion of operations against Iran. According to the article, Trump was presented with several new military options, including strikes on Iranian power plants and further attacks on nuclear sites to bury Tehran’s stockpile of enriched uranium even deeper.