[dp0622]

I said this at least a month ago that there was a chance of the unthinkable.

Not patting myself on the back, too heartbroken for any of that.

Is this a reputable paper?

I can NEVER wish for an American armed forces member to die, but it would tear pieces of my heart for every soul on both sides lost in that dogfight

[matthew fuller]

"I can NEVER wish for an American armed forces member to die"

I can think of one, but I don't really think that he's an American...

[Wayne07]

The real source is the WSJ, and it does not say what this article alleges. This is the paragraph in question:

Nerves frayed at the White House after senior officials learned Israeli aircraft had flown in and out of Iran in what some believed was a dry run for a commando raid on the site. Worried that Israel might ignite a regional war, the White House sent a second aircraft carrier to the region and readied attack aircraft, a senior U.S. official said, “in case all hell broke loose.”

The WSJ article is behind a paywall, but you can read it if you google "Spy vs. Spy: Inside the Fraying U.S.-Israel Ties".