[GOPJ]

I don't know - but where ever the drone was, we need to keep them OUT of that region from here on out. We have spy planes that can read a driver's license from space... let's NOT taunt these idiots. They WANT a war with us and so do others in the ME who have axes to grind with Iran and those in China and Europe who want us to protect shipping lanes...for their benefit.

And it's crap.

NOT OUR JOB, NOT OUR TREASURE NOT OUR BLOOD THIS TIME.

We have oil = we worked to become energy independent and Iran's sinking ships in the Straights IS NOT OUR PROBLEM.

(WE CAN BE OPEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES BEGGING US TO ASSIST THEM - BUT WE'RE NOT OUT IN THE LEAD. NO MORE PAYING OFF OUR POLITICIANS WITH SPEECH MONEY OR PARTY MONEY, OR FAWNING OVER STATE DEPARTMENT EGOMANIACS.

Trump will only involve us in a war if the people of the United States are at risk. Trump's not some needy lightweight like John Kerry... Trump doesn't need his butt kissed.

[bert]

Do not take counsel of your fears

Trump has done damage far out of proportion to the dowining of a drone

[Spktyr]

The drone was flying the same airspace as international airliners and such. They had no right to shoot it down.

That said, I say keep flying drones in that airspace - they cost far, far less than the missiles the Iranians will shoot at them and we need not treat a drone shootdown as an act of war. (The ‘crunch all you want, we’ll make more’ strategy.) We also *do* have a national interest in keeping an eye on Iran.

Also, we are *not* yet energy independent of the Middle East.