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Thank you. Welcome to TYT. I'm your host, Anna Kasparian, and the Pentagon is considering a nuclear war. I'm not even kidding. Let's get to our first story.

So Ken Clippenstein has been following what's been happening in regard to the U.S. response to Iran,

the U.S. response to Iran, which of course the U.S. is being egged on by Israel to engage in.

And so here's what we're learning based on Ken Clippinstein's reporting here.

So the Pentagon has begun preparations for a potential war with Iran, and that's according to reports that are coming from Ken Clippenstein, a former colleague of TYT, and someone who's now writing independently over at Substack.

And they're even considering, apparently, a scenario in which nuclear weapons could be used. So let's break this down. Let's see what the

sources are. Let's see how much reality there is behind that possibility. So on Tuesday,

Clippenstein reported that Pentagon and company contracting documents that he had obtained

describe a unique joint staff planning effort underway in

Washington and in the Middle East to refine the next generation of a major regional conflict

with Iran. So that planning effort is basically being referred to as a seed project.

That's what they've dubbed it.

Part of the reason why the project exists is that the Pentagon is reevaluating Iran's

war capabilities.

I hope they're taking their time in reevaluating Iran's war capabilities.

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