President Trump had on Monday announced he agreed to pause planned Iran strikes, which were supposedly going to resume Tuesday, because UAE & Saudi Arabia asked him to as they said the sides are getting close to a deal. However, Pentagon officials have told The New York Times they urged halting of strikes because of intelligence shows Iran has grown more effective at tracking US air operations and strengthening its air defenses, making the potential for significant aerial losses by the US a greater likelihood in any new major campaign in Iran’s skies.

in a fresh report titled “Trump Threatens Iran and Then Pulls Back, All in the Same Day” – The NY Times pushed back with the following:

Iran has used the ceasefire to successfully dig out all bombed ballistic missile sites, making them fully operational again. Iran also moved a large number of new mobile launchers across the entire country and adjusted tactics for any resumption of strikes, per a US military official. Iranian commanders studied US fighter jet and bomber flight patterns with close Russian and Chinese help. The recent downing of an F-15E and groundfire striking an F-35 revealed American flight tactics had become “too predictable.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pentagon-urged-no-resumption-strikes-iran-grew-more-effective-tracking-us-air-ops-nyt

 

This feels like an attempt to portray the US Military as fearful of engaging Iran from the air or the ground. It is an incredibly dangerous statement  that  emboldens US enemies (as evidenced in their response “The Americans must either submit to diplomacy and our conditions or submit to the power of our missiles,”). Its the kind of  behaviour that gets Americans or allies killed and which DJT has called out as treasonous!