YW!

“Some faction that recognizes the danger of a wider war. ”
Yes, entirely possible
As for the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) , it was a new one to me as well- this is clearly the spies in the skies network (satellites)

Know the World, Show the Way…from Seabed to Space
https://www.nga.mil/

GEOINT is the use of imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial information to describe and depict features, activities and locations on Earth, helping users visualize what is happening at a particular time and place. Geospatial intelligence allows military commanders to know the exact location of U.S. Forces, coalition partners, adversaries and noncombatant persons. It predicts adversary movement based on natural and man-made obstacles. GEOINT goes beyond describing “what, where and when” to exposing “how and why.”
As the lead federal agency for GEOINT, NGA manages a global consortium of more than 400 commercial and government relationships.

This would be the agency that works with Elon Musk’s satellite spy network

thanks for the read
“And perhaps most importantly, the U.S. must militarily deter Iran so that it retracts rather than expands its regional aggression”
After acknowledging the many errors in the attack on Iraq and lamenting the mess they’ve made- the authors amazingly still conclude the US must deter Iran militarily?!
The bias of the authors is clear

So a snub to the neo cons- and yes they do want a war with Iran
They’ve long wanted that alongside Israel-
Yah, I can see where non neo con factions inside the government may want to avoid this incredibly dangerous and stupid conflict- thanks!

Here’s one article that I remember: https://time.com/6265077/how-iran-won-the-iraq-war/

The US. I think that the neocons want a war with Iran. They regret not doing it sooner. I remember reading an article on how their invasion of Iraq only made Iran stronger. They seemed upset that they didn’t invade Iran, as well, at the time.

Hey Ms Cat!
Thanks for that input! Plausible deniability for US or Israel?
I’m trying to wrap my head around the intention of this leak?
Who is going to benefit? Also, there are so many strings to pull, there has to be more than one reason for it.