JD Vance Calls Military Commanders for Iran War Opinions
- Vice President JD Vance contacted U.S. military commanders directly this spring and summer to request "unvarnished assessments of the Iran war," The New York Times reported Thursday.
- Vance discussed Iranian tactical adaptability and endurance in the Strait of Hormuz while requesting an accounting of remaining stockpiles and their impact on deterring China, Russia, and North Korea.
- President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, General Dan Caine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Susie Wiles knew of the calls, which left Vance with "deep concerns about the overall strategy and the prospects for success."
- Reporters Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, and Maggie Haberman revealed "a gulf" exists "between the sobering private assessments that Mr. Vance received and what top administration officials, including the president and vice president, have said publicly."
- Following these conversations, Vance has "incorporated these lessons into his private talks with Mr. Trump and their inner circle," according to current and former officials who spoke to The Times.
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JD Vance reportedly sought unvarnished assessments of war's objectives, casualties, Iran's actions in Hormuz, and US stockpiles
Vance secretly called commanders to get the war truth that Trump won't say: report
Vice President JD Vance quietly went around the Pentagon to call military commanders directly for blunt assessments of the Iran War.The New York Times reported Thursday that Vance wanted the commanders' individual judgments as they saw them before those views were merged into an official Pentagon position. The Times described Vance as opposed to the war from the outset, and he was tasked by President Donald Trump with helping to end it.The vice …
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ko Il-hwan = It appears that U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance contacted U.S. military commanders around the world directly to hear their assessments of the war situation with Iran...
Vance, who opposed the war from the start and received from Trump the commission to help put an end to it
Vance contacted the US military leadership in the Middle East directly to get an objective opinion on the military conflict with Iran
Vance contacted the US military leadership in the Middle East directly to get an objective opinion on the military conflict with Iran. The New York Times writes about this, citing sources.The publication indicates that the military informed the US...
JD Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War
“Vice President JD Vance took the unusual step over the spring and summer of calling U.S. military commanders in the Middle East, Europe and Asia directly, seeking their unvarnished assessments of the Iran war, according to current and former officials,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Vance came away from some of his conversations with […]
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