Doubt they were, regardless of what their people are saying in media. Was pretty obvious.

Of course.

The buildup of our military forces in the gulf was clearly telegraphed. I'm not sure why anyone is surprised.  Certainly, Iran shouldn't have been surprised.

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The unprovoked US-Israeli war against Iran launched on Saturday had "been planned for months, and the ⁠launch date ⁠decided ⁠weeks ago," even as the US and Iran carried out indirect nuclear negotiations, an Israeli defense official told Reuters.

A planning document prepared years ago by the US think tank Brookings Institution provided a blueprint for regime change in Iran that outlined such a strategy.

"Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran," written by analysts at the Brookings Institution in 2009, recommended that the US carry out negotiations ahead of a planned attack to give the false impression that the US had done everything possible to avoid war.

Iran could then be blamed for rejecting a "good deal," thereby shifting blame onto the Islamic Republic for what would be an unpopular war both among the US public and internationally.

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>  The unprovoked US-Israeli war against Iran launched on Saturday had "been planned for months, and the ⁠launch date ⁠decided ⁠weeks ago," even as the US and Iran carried out indirect nuclear negotiations, an Israeli defense official told Reuters.

>  A planning document prepared years ago by the US think tank Brookings Institution provided a blueprint for regime change in Iran that outlined such a strategy.

>  "Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran," written by analysts at the Brookings Institution in 2009, recommended that the US carry out negotiations ahead of a planned attack to give the false impression that the US had done everything possible to avoid war.

> Iran could then be blamed for rejecting a "good deal," thereby shifting blame onto the Islamic Republic for what would be an unpopular war both among the US public and internationally.