Nearly a month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is reacting to reports that the Trump administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its military operation.
“We are at war with the country with no strategic goal, no plan, no timeline, no end state, no exit strategy. And I imagine what we're going to see is just this continued what I think is fair to say is a train wreck," Kelly said.
Kelly made those remarks Wednesday on MS NOW. He went on to say this is the kind of thing that happens when you have an administration filled with “yes people.”
A senior administration official says the Pentagon has asked the White House for another $200 billion to carry out the war.
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