Ret. Gen. David Petraeus details President Donald Trump's two 'big choices' in the Situation Room on 'The Story.'

President Donald Trump said in Canada on Monday that he "doesn’t want to talk about" U.S. military options. And as Secretary of State Marco Rubio so carefully stated at the start of Israel’s complex campaign, the U.S. is not participating in offensive strikes on Iran.

But make no mistake. The U.S. military is deeply involved, with defensive operations helping Israel ride out attacks, and with new, major force deployments. As of Monday, U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tankers are surging into position for intensified air operations, which could include long-range bomber strikes by the B-2 stealth bombers and their 30,000-lb. massive ordnance penetrator weapons. That’s on top of the 40,000 U.S. forces deployed in the Middle East, from the garrison in Syria to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the North Arabian Gulf and at many points in between.

America has no choice. The world balance of power is on the line. Preventing a nuclear Iran is crucial to the entire U.S. global military strategy of containment.

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