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'Not Proportionate': Trump Explains Why He Halted Air Strikes Against Iran
Townhall ^ | 06/21/2019 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 06/21/2019 7:22:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: ClearCase_guy

The point being they shot down a radio controlled plane. No loss of human life. why escalate things?

Now put some other manned aircraft in that position and see if they take shots at that. Bet they won’t


21 posted on 06/21/2019 7:36:56 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: SeekAndFind

Donald Trump: Voice of Reason


22 posted on 06/21/2019 7:37:24 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: central_va
It’s not 1983. This is about more than terrorism,

Now, it’s about nuclear nonproliferation.
This is one man who is willing to take on the challenge of stopping Iran, not just kicking the can down the road by “ negotiations and deals” that will lead to Iran's nuclear weapons- repeating the same diplomatic failures that armed North Korea.

The absence of conventional strikes on IRGC missiles and radars, which we are easily capable of launching just as Trump communicated - does not mean there is no war going on. Only that is being fought in multiple dimensions.

23 posted on 06/21/2019 7:37:34 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: TroutGuy

Doing nothing is not an proportional response either. How many miles of wall will 100+ millions of dollars build?


24 posted on 06/21/2019 7:37:36 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: SeekAndFind
An adult cool head who thinks things through in the WH.
I like it.
He will come up with something more effective than killing 150 random Iranians that not even other Iranians will care about, except for the propaganda value against USA.

25 posted on 06/21/2019 7:39:24 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s Trump’s way of sending a nice big fat WARNING.


26 posted on 06/21/2019 7:39:26 AM PDT by Conserv (.)
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To: central_va

Oh, get real!

If you are so for getting into a shooting war, strap on your TA-50, lock and load and go for it!

We have a Commander in Chief who thinks rationally before he acts. Obviously, you do not!


27 posted on 06/21/2019 7:39:29 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (We live on a tax farm as free-range humans!)
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To: over3Owithabrain

Good move. We lost a drone it happens. Not a reason to start air strikes. Iran fires on one of our ships then its a different story.


28 posted on 06/21/2019 7:39:47 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Redleg Duke

Did the Mullahs pay you to post that? John Kerry is that you?


29 posted on 06/21/2019 7:40:52 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

The RATS have now sealed the deal. They are against anything positive for America.

The Democrat Party is now, officially, the Socialist Anti-American Party.

Time to designate them a domest terror organization.


30 posted on 06/21/2019 7:41:04 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (We live on a tax farm as free-range humans!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump was/is right. It was an unmanned drone. Nobody got hurt. This not something you start dropping bombs over. Unfortunately, there are some people in the administration who have been desperately looking for an excuse to go to war with Iran. Trump needs to check these dangerous fools and quickly.


31 posted on 06/21/2019 7:42:20 AM PDT by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: central_va

No, you blithering jackass.

I am a conservative, 32+ year veteran of the US Army, and the closest affiliation to neo-cons that I have is being on the same thread as you.


32 posted on 06/21/2019 7:43:50 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (We live on a tax farm as free-range humans!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It would be interesting to see what lines lit up after democrats met with Trump... Who called Kerry? What Iranians were in the loop?


33 posted on 06/21/2019 7:44:23 AM PDT by GOPJ (Send Congo (Ebola) illegals to Martha's Vineyard - let them kill liberals "elites" first...)
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To: ClearCase_guy

If that was a key criterion, then why not ask before giving the ‘bombs away’?


34 posted on 06/21/2019 7:45:24 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SeekAndFind

Absolutely correct, Mr President.

We, the People, stand with you and urge you to keep ignoring the shrill voices, as always screaming for war, as always with someone else doing the fighting.

Thank you, Mr Trump


35 posted on 06/21/2019 7:45:29 AM PDT by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: Yardstick

Yes, I like your thoughts here. To have a list of options, in increasing severity.


36 posted on 06/21/2019 7:45:48 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: SeekAndFind
'Not Proportionate': Trump Explains Why He Halted Air Strikes Against Iran

It is my opinion that Iran is deliberately trying to provoke a war with the United States. I think there is much social unrest in Iran, and the leadership is getting desperate to focus dissent on an external enemy instead of them.

From what i've been reading, the average man on the street hates the Mullahs, and wants them out of power. The Mullahs think that by starting a war with us, they can re-channel this dissent into a direction advantageous to them.

Trump is smart for not taking the bait. Let them do something even more provocative before hitting them back, and we will be in a better position if and when the need arises to hit them back.

37 posted on 06/21/2019 7:46:10 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no o<ither sovereignty.")
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To: red-dawg

Thank Jimmy Carter, the second stupidest President in all US history.


38 posted on 06/21/2019 7:47:33 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no o<ither sovereignty.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Soon it will be the Demonrats calling for the complete annihilation of Iran because Resident Trump didn’t do anything about this. If he is indeed the ultimate Chess player then has has just shown the world what he isn’t and has shown he is tempered and reasonable which calls for the Dems to become unreasonable if they want to be seen as differing from him or they will have to agree with him.I bet they have their little panties in a right knot over this. I think this is not about Iran as much as it is Trump being is own man. A man that can be returned come 2020!


39 posted on 06/21/2019 7:47:45 AM PDT by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: Redleg Duke

Well today you sound like a plant from the revolutionary guard. But don’t take it personally, most of Free Republic has gone daft over this issue.


40 posted on 06/21/2019 7:48:07 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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