  We construct general asymptotically Klebanov-Strassler solutions of a five
dimensional $SU(2) \times SU(2) \times \mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_{2R}$
truncation of IIB supergravity on $ T^{1,1} $, that break supersymmetry. This
generalizes results in the literature for the $SU(2) \times SU(2) \times
\mathbb{Z}_2\times U(1)_R$ case, to a truncation that is general enough to
capture the deformation of the conifold in the IR. We observe that there are
only two SUSY-breaking modes even in this generalized set up, and by
holographically computing Ward identities, we confirm that only one of them
corresponds to spontaneous breaking: this is the mode triggered by smeared
anti-D3 branes at the tip of the warped throat. Along the way, we address some
aspects of the holographic computation of one-point functions of marginal and
relevant operators in the cascading gauge theory. Our results strengthen the
evidence that {\it if} the KKLT construction is meta-stable, it is indeed a
spontaneously SUSY-broken (and therefore bona fide) vacuum of string theory.
