Trump admin plants story aimed at blaming military leaders for Iran mess: analysis

A fresh excuse for the Iran war failures may be being plotted by Donald Trump's administration, according to a political analyst — and it would throw the military under the bus.

Emily Horne, a former National Security Council and State Department staffer, believes the president's team will claim military shortcomings have impacted the war with Iran in the coming days. Speaking to Greg Sargent of The New Republic, Horne claimed a story had been planted in the press to test the waters of blaming...