US hawks present Trump with Bolton-backed military plan on Iran: NY Times
Tehran (KNA) - Hawkish American officials, led by National Security Advisor John Bolton, have reportedly presented President Donald Trump with a new military plan aimed at Iran, which would see Washington deploy tens of thousands of troops to the Middle East.
Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan put forward the plan - which he had updated on Bolton's orders - at a meeting of Trump's top national security aides on broader Iran policy last Thursday, The New York Times reported Monday, citing unnamed administration officials.
The officials said that during the meeting, Shanahan gave an overview of the Pentagon's planning and then turned to US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dunford to detail various force options.
"The uppermost option called for deploying 120,000 troops, which would take weeks or months to complete," the report said.
Source: PressTV