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BumRushDaShow

(168,165 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:09 AM 20 hrs ago

Exclusive: Ahead of strikes, Trump was told Iran attack is high risk, high reward

Source: Reuters

February 28, 2026 10:02 AM EST Updated 39 mins ago


WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk of major U.S. casualties but also touted the prospect of a generational shift in the Middle East in favor of U.S. interests, a U.S. official told Reuters.

The launch of what the Pentagon called "Operation Epic Fury" on Saturday plunged the Middle East into a new and unpredictable conflict. The U.S. and Israeli militaries struck sites across Iran, triggering retaliatory Iranian attacks against Israel and nearby Gulf Arab countries.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the briefers described the operation to the president as a high-risk, high-reward scenario.

Trump himself appeared to echo that sentiment when he acknowledged the stakes at the onset of the operation, saying "the lives of courageous American heroes may be lost." But we're doing this not for now, we're doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission," Trump said in a video address announcing the start of major combat operations.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ahead-strikes-trump-told-iran-attack-was-high-risk-high-reward-2026-02-28/



I suppose the zombie Darth Cheney and his reanimated and nascent neo-neocons, are smiling as they get resurrected out of their obscurity.
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Exclusive: Ahead of strikes, Trump was told Iran attack is high risk, high reward (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago OP
He was told he could steal Iran's oil as well as Venezuela's? jls4561 20 hrs ago #1
Yes, any reward will have to be for himself, family, and cohorts... ananda 16 hrs ago #14
No shite FredGarvin 20 hrs ago #2
the "reward" would only be for Trump and his cronies Skittles 16 hrs ago #17
They mean high risk / low reward for america Layzeebeaver 20 hrs ago #3
I don't know liberalgunwilltravel 19 hrs ago #6
Eye for an eye in that region of the world. Layzeebeaver 17 hrs ago #10
Operation liberalgunwilltravel 19 hrs ago #4
Everything the orange pedo touches: dies Javaman 19 hrs ago #5
Wonder if that fat ass NAZI has a clue what this will do to gas prices Bengus81 17 hrs ago #12
Not just gas but everything relies on gas as well Javaman 16 hrs ago #13
Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz. LudwigPastorius 16 hrs ago #16
One would think that this could to push Iran into the arms of Russia and China. Russia is probably too engaged in lostincalifornia 19 hrs ago #7
Those are already some of their only "allies" EX500rider 19 hrs ago #8
He only heard high reward...nothing else...he's spreading himself and his fascist, miller run government WAY too thin PortTack 18 hrs ago #9
The reward being what? EarthFirst 17 hrs ago #11
"high risk" LudwigPastorius 16 hrs ago #15
Did you notice today he called them heroes? mdbl 12 hrs ago #18
I'd love to know what moron asserted "high reward" about change from pre-attack IRGC regime to new IRGC regime. pat_k 11 hrs ago #19

ananda

(34,729 posts)
14. Yes, any reward will have to be for himself, family, and cohorts...
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:34 PM
16 hrs ago

in the form of real estate and money.

Skittles

(170,733 posts)
17. the "reward" would only be for Trump and his cronies
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:52 PM
16 hrs ago

not for WE THE PEOPLE

and btw:
Ruben Gallego, Iraq War veteran sums it up very well:
"Draft dodger is willing to sacrifice working class kids. How charitable of him."

Javaman

(65,537 posts)
5. Everything the orange pedo touches: dies
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:19 AM
19 hrs ago

High risk, high reward? For whom?

Not us, the prols

There will be no rewards for anyone in any of this

Just stale bread and a circus’s performed by the in patients of the asylum

At the end of the day, everyone in the world, their daily life will get that much harder.

Bengus81

(10,034 posts)
12. Wonder if that fat ass NAZI has a clue what this will do to gas prices
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:34 PM
17 hrs ago

I've seen this movie way to many times, and gas prices go through the roof. Gas prices during Bush's criminal War in Iraq sent prices to $4.00 per gallon in the Midwest (7.09 today),much higher elsewhere.

Oil Corporations and Media giants LOVE this shit.

LudwigPastorius

(14,504 posts)
16. Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:48 PM
16 hrs ago

That's an instant 20% decrease in the oil supply coming to the global market.

lostincalifornia

(5,259 posts)
7. One would think that this could to push Iran into the arms of Russia and China. Russia is probably too engaged in
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:27 AM
19 hrs ago

Ukraine.

PortTack

(35,819 posts)
9. He only heard high reward...nothing else...he's spreading himself and his fascist, miller run government WAY too thin
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:25 PM
18 hrs ago

EarthFirst

(4,055 posts)
11. The reward being what?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:25 PM
17 hrs ago

Trump branded hotels; high end retail and golf courses?

This benefits whom exactly?

pat_k

(12,953 posts)
19. I'd love to know what moron asserted "high reward" about change from pre-attack IRGC regime to new IRGC regime.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:16 PM
11 hrs ago
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