Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next

Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next

This picture, released by the Iranian government's foreign media department and distributed by the AP without changes, shows graves being prepared for the victims, mostly children, of what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-U.S. strike Feb. 28 at a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Media Department via AP)

“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”