Why does the headline read...’RUMP’....?
Copy and ppaste without previewing claims another FR victim.
Schiff is pleased...
It will be a “measured” response.
But 6 tankers and now a drone?
Sounds like it was in their airspace. The strait waterway has passage rights. Its 21 miles wide and territorial water and airspace is 12. From other posts earlier, it sounds like a ship on the water is legal under treaties but in some places the aircraft above violates national space.
Don’t get me wrong, shooting down a drone is an act of aggression that calls for a response, but there was no loss of life, nor even an encroachment on our personnel. These drones are not cheap (actually they are, by military standards) so there is no need for lots of drama. Iran would love nothing more than to troll the U.S. into an overreaction. I can’t believe Trump would allow us to come off so noobish
How does CNN know he referring to the drone? Maybe it is something else that we don’t know about yet.
Other than the fact that the Iranians have made a mistake, we don’t know who’s done what to whom.
Trump’s tweet can cover a lot.
I do, however, trust that Trump will deal with the situation, whatever it is, appropriately.
I expect that our preferred move will not be to respond with force but to further tighten the sanctions regime. For now, the center of gravity is not the Persian Gulf but the willingness of the Europeans to back our efforts against Iran.
Iran won’t have made a “Big Mistake” unless there are consequences beyond our blustery words. They need to lose some assets.
Calculate the cost of the tanks and drone. Multiple that number by 3, and quietly create a refinery explosion that approximates that value of damage.
Saying something threatening (although vague) and doing nothing would appear to weaken his position.
Iran wants something and are not going to settle with the status quo. They want concessions or war.
They don’t want their air space violated? Close it down to all traffic.
Credit where credit is due- Lindsey Graham was asked by a left wing reporter a little while ago, “Was the President being provocative with this tweet?”
His response?
“No- Iran was being provocative by shooting down an American drone in international skies as well as trying to blow up a Japanese tanker when the president of Japan was trying to negotiate with iran..
The US will not strike Iran over an unmanned drone.
Not a chance.
They already shot one down in Yemen without so much as an official announcement by the US.
But Trump wants them SPUN UP at Defcon 1 to increase the pressure on them. Indefinitely.
That’s why he amorphously alludes to “something”, without ruling anything out.
PUGACHEV to Trump: Keep the lid on our military and twist the handle on those sanctions a few more turns. They’re biting so hard the mullahs prefer war with the world’s only superpower to the status quo.
How is shooting down a drone attacking us?
He used the word “mistake” on purpose.
F**K Iran, nuke em.
Sounds like a green light for a surgical strike on the nuke facilities.
THEY attacked us?? If our drone was over their country the opposite is true. We have them surrounded with war equipment. Our government is openly threatening them. When you ram warships and warplanes up someones nose, you are asking for a response.
I am not an antiwar soft leftist. I fully agree sometimes war is necessary. But I don’t LOVE war. The growing militarism is anathema to liberty. It needs to be curtailed. I’m tired of our citizens being maimed and killed or nothing. If Trump does this, he’s done for electorally.
This is just like the Gulf of Tonkin. Our gubmint is hoping they will do something to justify a full blown military assault. I’m not falling for it. The last thing America needs is yet another war in the godforsaken middle east!