Will the U.S. go to war with Iran? Will Joe Biden's campaign survive the weekend?

Will Roy Moore visit the food court? I'm Ben Shapiro. This is the Ben Shapiro Show.

Well, the news cycle is getting very serious out there. We begin today with the obvious news

that the president considered a strike on Iranian resources.

It is unclear at this point where in Iran we were planning to strike,

but the president apparently pulled back at the very last minute.

So there were a couple of conflicting reports last night,

one from the New York Times, one from the Associated Press,

about exactly what happened.

It was late yesterday, and the president was basically deciding whether or not

to strike Iranian targets. The planes were in the air. They were all ready to go, and then they

were pulled back at the very last minute. According to the New York Times, President Trump

approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone,

but then pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions. As late as 7 p.m., military and diplomatic officials were expecting a strike

after intense discussions and debate at the White House among the president's top national

security officials and congressional leaders, according to multiple senior administration

officials involved in or briefed on the deliberations. Officials said that the president had

initially approved

attacks on a handful of Iranian targets like radar and missile batteries. The operation was underway

in its early stages when it was called off, according to a senior administration official.

Plains were already in the air. The ships were in position. No missiles had been fired when word

came to stand down, according to the official, as all the New York Times reporting.

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