In something that sounds straight out of the Babylong Bee, the Israeli government has shared intelligence with the United States asserting that Iran is readying chemical weapons to use against adversaries.
And all of this is being floated in the pages of the New York Times, and on election day no less... A more on the nose script couldn't be written - very much like this one...
AFP/Getty ImagesApparently fully aware of this, the NY Times story authors underscore in their Tuesday afternoon headline that "Israeli Claims of Iranian Chemical Weapons Divide U.S. Officials."
This is given that the information was "met with alarm by some American officials and deep skepticism by others, according to U.S. and regional officials."
Stating the obvious: "Some American officials see the Israeli intelligence as part of a pressure campaign by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to persuade the Trump administration to return to major combat operations against Iran."
However, "Other officials believe the threats should be taken seriously, given the recent array of warnings about Iran’s preparations to attack American interests."
And the Gulf allies are skeptical for all the obvious reasons as well:
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