{"id":4158,"date":"2020-01-13T08:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4158"},"modified":"2020-01-13T08:10:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:10:34","slug":"figures-theres-is-no-evidence-of-an-iran-plot-to-attack-4-embassies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4158","title":{"rendered":"FIGURES! There’s is NO evidence of an Iran plot to attack 4 embassies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Esper Contradicts Trump: “Didn’t See” Specific Evidence Of Iran Plot To Attack 4 Embassies<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

When late last week President Trump\u00a0first referenced<\/a>\u00a0a Soleimani-directed plot to “blow up” the US embassy in Baghdad, which during a Friday Fox interview became in the president’s words\u00a0\u201cI believe it would\u2019ve been four embassies\u201d\u00a0\u2014<\/em>\u00a0senators which had been given a classified briefing Wednesday\u00a0balked<\/a>, saying no such intelligence was referenced but should have been if there was evidence.<\/p>\n

And now no less than\u00a0Secretary of Defense Mark Esper appears to have\u00a0publicly contradicted the White House’s rationale for taking out the “imminent” threat of Qasem Soleimani<\/strong>. Esper told CBS’\u00a0Face the Nation\u00a0<\/em>on Sunday that he\u00a0“didn’t see” specific evidence for embassy attacks, while adding that he still believes such an attack was likely.<\/p>\n

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Defense Secretary Epser: "I didn't see" specific evidence that showed Iran planned to strike four U.S. embassies. pic.twitter.com\/4j2GgIIirL<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n