side here could be an actual war. the executive editor of defense one, i m so glad you re with me. in an interview the president told time magazine that the attacks blamed on iran were, quote, very minor. he s also said he s not considering military action against iran so why exactly would we be sending a thousand troops? if i was a military mom i d be pretty worried right now. well, let s be precise. it s not that he said he wasn t considering military action. he said, as did pompeo, options were on the table but it is unlikely he d go to war over this oil tankers in the gulf. he said, you know, he would go to war over nuclear weapons of course but short of that he wasn t sure. i saw the time interview, the report on it. i d love to see the raw transcript because you never know the president s intention until you get to his own words. but also with the thousand troops you re mentioning and those families, we re not sure
message to iran. central command is responsible for u.s. deployments in the middle east. the pentagon now adding a thousand american troops as tensions with iran fray. with the troop deployment also comes some mixed messaging. in an interview president trump called the attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman, quote, very minor. now, the pentagon does not consider the attacks minor. it says these images show iranians removing it from the tanker. president rouhani telling iran state-run media the war between us and our enemies is the war of hopes and wills. through their plots and dastardly plans, they plan to sow the seeds of hopelessness in the iranian nation. but we are determined to show its hopefulness and vitality and defeat the enemy s plots.