Rubio Says ‘No Need’ for Major Combat Operations in Iran, as Sanctions Are ‘Devastating’
11th November 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Paris where he told a meeting of G7 ministers on Tuesday that the United States is “open to diplomacy” to end the conflict with Iran but that “the Iranian demands are totally unrealistic.”
Tehran is not backing off its seven conditions, which include things like the removal of sanctions and the payment of war reparations. Rubio stated, “We expect that could change – and if it does, we’re prepared for diplomacy.”
There was one big line in particular from the US top diplomat that is grabbing headlines. Rubio declared there is “no need” for renewed major combat operations against the Islamic Republic.
He signaled that the ecomomic war, however, will keep going and even be intensified: “The economic campaign (against Iran) is so devastating that right now there is no need for major combat operations,” Rubio described after the G7 foreign ministers met. “That’s what I told our allies here today.”
I wish I could believe that. Unfortunately, we’ve all spent lives listening to government employees lie and we just don’t believe them any more.