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(70,854 posts) Fri May 22, 2026, 07:17 PM Yesterday

U.S. prepares for new military strikes against Iran

Source: CBS News

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U.S. prepares for new military strikes against Iran

By James LaPorta, Jennifer Jacobs, Margaret Brennan
May 22, 2026 / 6:15 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The Trump administration was preparing Friday for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, according to sources with direct knowledge of the planning, even as diplomacy continued. ... No final decision on strikes had been reached as of Friday afternoon.

"Circumstances pertaining to Government" are keeping President Trump from attending his son Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding this weekend, he said in a social media post. The president had planned to spend Memorial Day weekend at his golf property in New Jersey but will now return to the White House.

Some members of the U.S. military and intelligence community canceled their plans for the Memorial Day weekend in anticipation of possible strikes, several sources said.

Defense and intelligence officials began updating recall rosters for U.S. installations overseas as tranches of troops stationed in the Middle East rotate out of theater, part of an effort to reduce the American military footprint in the region amid concern about possible Iranian retaliation.

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-prepares-new-military-strikes-against-iran/

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U.S. prepares for new military strikes against Iran (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP

I suppose it's not so much for Iran, but to plump up the military budget no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1

Read 2 years to replace Kegsbreath's early 4th extravaganza so I doubt it. Billions to shoot down weedeaters with wings Cheezoholic 23 hrs ago #3

SSSHHHHHH dweller 23 hrs ago #2

But the markets were so excited about UpInArms 23 hrs ago #4

Another round of pump and dump CanonRay 23 hrs ago #5

More lives lost, more billions of dollars wasted in trump's folly Mysterian 21 hrs ago #6

Those wonderful self-identified progressives who refused to vote for VP Harris really lostincalifornia 21 hrs ago #7

Great! Another post diverting attention away from republicans! Mysterian 21 hrs ago #8

When the same group did the same thing to Hillary in 2016 where we lost the Supreme Court lostincalifornia 20 hrs ago #9

no_hypocrisy

(55,422 posts)

1. I suppose it's not so much for Iran, but to plump up the military budget

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 07:20 PM

Yesterday

and new demands for money from Congress.

Do we have any missiles left?

Cheezoholic

(3,938 posts)

3. Read 2 years to replace Kegsbreath's early 4th extravaganza so I doubt it. Billions to shoot down weedeaters with wings

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Fri May 22, 2026, 07:32 PM

23 hrs ago

and bomb Paper Tigers.

We got us some smart ones in charge

dweller

(28,722 posts)

2. SSSHHHHHH

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 07:30 PM

23 hrs ago

I mean ssshhhhh … we don’t want them to know …

✌🏻

UpInArms

(55,409 posts)

4. But the markets were so excited about

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 07:34 PM

23 hrs ago

the war being over

CanonRay

(16,279 posts)

5. Another round of pump and dump

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 08:08 PM

23 hrs ago

Mysterian

(6,645 posts)

6. More lives lost, more billions of dollars wasted in trump's folly

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 09:52 PM

21 hrs ago

All republicans are traitors.

lostincalifornia

(5,571 posts)

7. Those wonderful self-identified progressives who refused to vote for VP Harris really

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 10:13 PM

21 hrs ago

screwed things up big time wiith their actions.

Mysterian

(6,645 posts)

8. Great! Another post diverting attention away from republicans!

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #7)

Fri May 22, 2026, 10:21 PM

21 hrs ago

Way to go LOSTincalifornia!

lostincalifornia

(5,571 posts)

9. When the same group did the same thing to Hillary in 2016 where we lost the Supreme Court

Reply to Mysterian (Reply #8)

Fri May 22, 2026, 10:39 PM

20 hrs ago

because of that folly, and they did a redux in 2024 which absolutely contributed to putting the sociopath into the WH a SECOND TIME, that isn't a "diversion". That is stupidity.

George Santayana, said it best, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

and what happened in 2000 can be added to that list also.

Some folks are so anxious to blame what happened in 2024 on "Establishment Democrats", conviently ignoring the fact that many of those same folks refused to vote for VP Harris, by either not voting or voting third party in 2024. Same thing in 2016 where we lost the supreme court.

In every critical swing state in 2016 Hillary lost by less than 1%, while jill stein in those critical swing states received 1% of the vote. It didn't take much.

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