Am Mittwoch meldete das Wall Street Journal, die USA würden planen, bis zu 14.000 zusätzliche Soldaten zur Eindämmung des Iran in die Region zu entsenden: „The Trump administration is considering a significant expansion of the U.S. military footprint in the Middle East to counter Iran, including dozens more ships, other military hardware and as many as 14,000 additional troops, U.S. officials said.“ (jw)