The United States entered a strike readiness posture against Iran and then stopped - so is it all off or is there more to it? Right, so the US has moved to strike Iran, entered a readiness posture, and then suddenly it stopped. Was it because the forces in place weren’t enough to do it safely? Not all the pieces were on the board perhaps? Well maybe so. The regional bases were exposed, civilian airspace started closing, markets reacted, and only after that did Washington order an aircraft carrier strike group to cross half the planet to catch up with the threat it itself was responsible for making, because there was very much a distinct lack of naval backup. Once you realise the strike couldn’t be launched from where the US already was, suddenly this pause, whilst a strike group makes its way to the Middle East makes more sense. Those statements  ...