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.
I am sure Trump will make the appropriate response.
Well it's only been a "short period of time" since the incident, but you have lived down to your screen name.
Grumpy ain't the half of it.
Theory is Iran feels weakened and unstable due to more and more people there wanting what they see on Western TV and movies such as human rights, freedom, and a chance for a date with a Kardashian or Kate Upton lookalike.
The women there want a Mazda Miata they can drive to their college classes, their hijab free hair in the latest style from Glamour as they flirt with guys.
So tightlipped, humorless religious tyrants over them need to unite them all in hatred of Trump in a war .
Their American traitors called “Dems” support the Iranians all the way.
Don’t take your eye off the ball. What they really want is to hit Israel. They very well could while everyone is ramped up about our drone