Park MacDougald
Late Wednesday, in advance of the expiration of President Donald Trump’s 90-day deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran, there was a flurry of activity suggesting something big brewing in the Middle East. The first sign was a notice from the U.S. State Department authorizing the evacuation of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. embassy in Iraq. That was quickly followed by State Department announcements ordering all embassies within striking distance of Iranian missiles to prepare risk-mitigation strategies and restricting the travel of U.S. government employees in Israel to the major cities, as well as a notice from the Pentagon approving the voluntary evacuation of military family members from U.S. bases in Bahrain and Kuwait. Asked by reporters to explain the activity, Trump, speaking before a showing of Les Misérables at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., said simply, “You’ll have to see, thank you.”
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