Top U.S. commander in the Middle East briefs Trump on Iran options

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

11 hours ago


The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East briefed President Trump on Thursday about the options for military action against Iran, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge of the meeting.

Why it matters: This was the first time the commander of the U.S. military Central Command Adm. Brad Cooper briefed Trump since the beginning of the crisis with Iran last December.

Trump has order a massive U.S. military build up in the Middle East and he is considering ordering a military campaign against Iran.

Behind the scenes: Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine also attended the briefing, the U.S. official said.

ABC News first reported on the briefing.

Driving the news: Cooper and Caine briefed Trump while the third round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks concluded in Geneva.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/trump-iran-middle-east-military-options

[Roy Rolling]

1. Photo From the Oval Office?

I don’t know if this is an “official” photo of the military strategy meeting.

[IbogaProject]

2. And these idiots are unaware how resistant Iran will be

Both its geography and culture have resisted invasions for millennia. Even Alexander more went through than really conquering that area. I feel this is a ploy to disrupt cheap middle east oil to try and make the Venezuelan oil more marketable plus help prop up Bibi.

[ChicagoTeamster]

3. Iran has 4 times the land mass and double the population of Iraq

And after Trump’s tariffs, insults, and treatment of NATO, NATO won’t join us on Iran like they did on Iraq and Afghanistan.

Iran, despite the current political unrest, their society is more unified than Iraq’s. They will fight back.

Invading Iran will be an expensive boondoggle.

[EX500rider]

4. Don't think there is any plan to invade. just bomb from the air

The US has moved lots of air assets into the region & zero troops

[ChicagoTeamster]

5. On what basis? Trump said we destroyed all of their nuclear enrichment facilities last time.

Iran was honoring the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed by Iran and the United States, United Kingdom, France, China, Russia, and Germany, along with the European Union. Trump invalidated the deal by pulling the US out and re-imposing sanctions.

He did it just because Obama signed it and Bibi was against Iran. Iran has a right to develop nuclear energy for electricity generation. They can't keep burning diesel in a world that's going green.

[EX500rider]

6. Only one reason to have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain enriching to 60%+ and it's not power plants

Most commercial nuclear power plants (specifically Light Water Reactors) require uranium enriched to 3%–5% Uranium-235

Advanced Reactors (HALEU): 5% – 19.75%

Iran is currently producing uranium enriched to 60% purity, far exceeding civilian needs and holding significant, rapidly growing stockpiles.
Only required for bombs.

On May 31, 2025, IAEA reported that Iran had sharply increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% purity, just below weapons-grade, reaching over 408 kilograms, a nearly 50% rise since February