I think the coup d'état has already been in progress since last June with special operators inside Iran that may/will cause the regime to implode and the IRGC to stand down. The US military build-up is a contingency plan if things go wrong and/or a coup de grâce if the implosion works. Who knows what the Israelis have been up to. Like Ninurta said, Trump is all about quick in & out like Syria, Yemen, Venezuela. I'm sure it'll be a surprise on how it goes down. I could be totally wrong, time will tell. Tick-tock.
Very few read US policy papers (very boring) from prestigious think-tanks and this one from 2009 Brookings Institution analysis paper "Which Path to Persia" shows the USGov continuity of agenda is perhaps been playing out according to the plan.
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WHICH PATH TO PERSIA? (PDF, 170 pages)
Then there are a few in Washington and Tel Aviv that prefer the final solution.
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10.4 megaton airburst over Tehran
Very few read US policy papers (very boring) from prestigious think-tanks and this one from 2009 Brookings Institution analysis paper "Which Path to Persia" shows the USGov continuity of agenda is perhaps been playing out according to the plan.
WHICH PATH TO PERSIA? (PDF, 170 pages)
Then there are a few in Washington and Tel Aviv that prefer the final solution.
10.4 megaton airburst over Tehran
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