Key Gulf allies say they won’t aid U.S. in Iran strike, limiting Trump’s options

Wall Street Journal: Former high-ranking American military officers said that the Saudi and U.A.E. moves would hamper the Trump administration’s planning for military action, but wouldn’t prevent it if Washington was determined to act.

“From a military perspective, it increases operational complexity and costs for any U.S. action against Iran but won’t stop it,” said David Deptula, a retired Air Force lieutenant general who played a key role in the 1991 Desert Storm air campaign against Iraq, which the U.S. led from a command post in Saudi Arabia…

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