U.S. rules out nuclear use in war with Iran

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The U.S. President has publicly excluded nuclear weapons from his current contemplated military options against Iran and said he does not anticipate a ground invasion. This comes while Washington is considering additional conventional attacks on Iranian nuclear and energy infrastructure, including Pickaxe Mountain.

An explicit statement by the U.S. nuclear decision-maker that he does not intend to use nuclear weapons narrows the presently signalled U.S. escalation ladder. It does not remove the danger of major conventional escalation, and it is not an irrevocable doctrinal commitment, but it is a genuine risk-reducing indicato. The ground-troop statement reinforces the same general picture: The United States appears to be contemplating coercive air operations rather than a large-scale invasion.

 

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The U.S. President has publicly excluded nuclear weapons from his current contemplated military options against Iran and said he does not anticipate a ground invasion. This comes while Washington is considering additional conventional attacks on Iranian nuclear and energy infrastructure, including Pickaxe Mountain.

An explicit statement by the U.S. nuclear decision-maker that he does not intend to use nuclear weapons narrows the presently signalled U.S. escalation ladder. It does not remove the danger of major conventional escalation, and it is not an irrevocable doctrinal commitment, but it is a genuine risk-reducing indicato. The ground-troop statement reinforces the same general picture: The United States appears to be contemplating coercive air operations rather than a large-scale invasion.

Whenever President Trump speaks, I have serious doubts, given the number of lies he has told.