Morning Note

Late last year, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan reportedly presented Joe Biden with options for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, providing the lame-duck president with a way to bestow a new needless and destructive war upon the incoming Trump administration.

According to numerous sources, Sullivan’s presentation took place during a discussion on "prudent scenario planning" of how the White House could handle its relationship with the hostile Middle Eastern power during the end of Biden's term. 

Although there are reportedly currently no active West Wing discussions about possible military action against Iran, sources say the president did not rule out the possibility of a strike. He is either yet to make a final decision or does not remember the meeting. 

Some of Washington’s biggest and most influential lobbies would applaud an assault on Iran, but the American people would not. They do not want war. It must not occur.

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