More sanctions were added to Iran
Says who?
More sanctions were added to Iran
The bigger question is how are we underestimating their tracking abilities. At least superficially, it looks like they can reliable "see" planes that we didn't really think they could. (The 35 passenger plane is different, that's probably AWACS of some sort.)
Also, our history includes episodes in which we lost military personnel to attacks by potential foes (and sometimes allies) and we didn't respond very forcefully, if at all.
International relations is complicated.
Trump said:President Obama made a desperate and terrible deal with Iran - Gave them 150 Billion Dollars plus I.8 Billion Dollars in CASH! Iran was in big trouble and he bailed them out. Gave them a free path to Nuclear Weapons, and SOON. Instead of saying thank you, Iran yelled Death to America. I terminated deal, which was not even ratified by Congress, and imposed strong sanctions. They are a much weakened nation today than at the beginning of my Presidency, when they were causing major problems throughout the Middle East. Now they are Bust!
On Monday they shot down an unmanned drone flying in International Waters. We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General. 10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our Military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world. Sanctions are biting & more added last night. Iran can NEVER have Nuclear Weapons, not against the USA, and not against the WORLD!
This guy
This guy
So I guess the media script is going to have to be “*****” on Trump now
instead of “insane warmonger” if he would have launched.
You guys figured out the shtick yet?
Or perhaps he actually let the military plan the strike, and they decided what and how many assets would need to be 'degraded' and then when all the particulars were considered he decided that it really wasn't proportional and killing some of them would result in a lethal escalation that perhaps wasn't worth it
Like print craft says; damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. If he attacks them he's a reckless war-monger putting Americans in harm's way and if he doesn't he's showing 'weakness' (unlike, say, signing off on a do-nothing agreement with them and giving them pallets of cash while allowing them unfettered access to oil markets)
I'm not surprised to see Team Sanctimony playing this it way, I'm just surprised how quickly the local membership abandons their caution about hasty decisions on military involvement for another crack at Trump - and Iran hasn't even killed any celebrity 'journalists' yet
Um.... this may seem like an odd question, but why did he have to ask how many would die AFTER we were "cocked and loaded" approximately 10 minutes before we were ready to strike? I mean, wouldn't that figure into the discussions BEFORE getting hundreds of our service members geared up for warfighting?
So he's admitting he got cold feet when he realized there might be loss of life... now.
Meow.
What do you think the president's response to this should be Printcraft? Do you think the doing of the drone was an unintentional mistake by the Iranians, as the president has said?
Um.... this may seem like an odd question, but why did he have to ask how many would die AFTER we were "cocked and loaded" approximately 10 minutes before we were ready to strike? I mean, wouldn't that figure into the discussions BEFORE getting hundreds of our service members geared up for warfighting?
So he's admitting he got cold feet when he realized there might be loss of life... now.
Meow.