The Pentagon, restrained for decades from attacking Iran, needed less than 10 hours to launch after getting the ‘go order’ from the president.

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The Pentagon had been choreographing a prospective massive attack on Iran since 1980. But it wasn’t until December 2025 that President Donald Trump told military planners to give him that devastating option, in case the fundamentalist Shia regime refused to end its uranium enrichment program. The move came after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.

