Posted on 06/21/2019 12:12:49 PM PDT by JackCrane
Edited on 06/21/2019 12:48:29 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
General Jack Keane appeared with Stuart Varney this morning to discuss Iranian aggression in the Persian Gulf after Iran had shot down a $123 million US Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Drone (BAMS-D), yesterday.
The New York Times reported last night:
President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions.
The operation was underway in its early stages when it was called off, a senior administration official said. Planes were in the air and ships were in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down, the official said.
It was not clear whether Mr. Trump simply changed his mind on the strikes or whether the administration altered course because of logistics or strategy. It was also not clear whether the attacks might still go forward.
According to Gen. Keane, President Trump is said to have ordered an attack on the sophisticated radar-guided surface-to-air missile launch site, in response to the unprovoked attack.
The deployment of U.S. naval and air military assets had already been set in motion when the president immediately reversed himself and ordered a stand down.
Gen. Keane said that the president reversed that decision after United States intelligence sources had come into new information that the Iranian commander who ordered the strike had acted on his own and was being disciplined for his actions.
It is unlikely President Trump will allow himself to be rolled by a hostile foreign nation, but it is even more unlikely that he’ll add his name to the list of presidents who have allowed themselves to be drawn into unnecessary wars in the Mid-East.
Once President Trump learned that the attack was carried out by a rogue commander in the field, and with the knowledge that the economic sanctions he’s placed on Iran has that nation on the brink of financial collapse, he decided that continuing his more measured approach was the wiser alternative.
President Trump has rebuilt our military as a deterrent to foreign aggressors. But, he has replaced the use of U.S. military aggression with the employment of aggressive economic strategies.
This president understands that economic security is military security and he recognizes that our rebuilt economy makes us the most powerful nation on earth.
President Trump is determined to force hostile nations to come to the negotiating table – rather than a field of combat – by the imposition of economic sanctions in order to drive better deals for America and to make the world a safer place.
There are blog pimps all over the forum.
I haven’t seen mods do anything so far.
I don’t care what BA or MA a person holds, he wasn’t in the room when the decision was made, you weren’t and neither was I...that’s the point I was making...if you WAS NOT THERE, you DON”T KNOW...
Humble is on time out or banned.
Or the mods can fix it. Like above.
He’s more likely to have been there than you, dear.
OR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You bought into that did you?
LOL
Russian equipment = Russian advisors, Korea equipment= Nork advisors, which means a possible blow up and a drag in fight with multiple players. It would be like Spain 1936. Yeah, we can all test our new soldier toys, but at what cost to the population of Iran and her neighbors. We don’t need a spill over war with everyone in the Mid east. Before we decide to use the quick draw method, think it out first, we’ve spilled too much blood in Sierra Hotel countries.
And given the pick of us three,
I’m down with him. Not me. And not you.
Stupid headline. They were going to take out the launch site and its ancillary equipment. Trump knew that it was only a symbolic response, and it would have really bad optics with deaths that high over a piece of equipment.
He made the right choice. Killing 150 people because of a rogue general shooting down a drone not the best solution.
We shot down an Iranian airliner, killing over 200 in a similar circumstance long ago and had to do a lot of apologizing.
Yes, running to teacher is a classic move, preferred by badasses the world over.
Don’t dare address the issue yourself.
It’s just not safe.
Wow. They really tossed the guy.
LOL. I will give him this: He does have a single redeeming quality. A sense of humor. That page is not a ban page. It is fake.
He is still one of the biggest aholes I have ever had the displeasure of meeting online. He makes me think of the song “Ring of Fire”, the Adam Lambert version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgq6qHlNpIA
No, they didn’t. Notice the flag is still there and waving.
You can type anything you want on your profile page, including I’m banned.
That headline is a bit dramatic there.. Trump rescinded the order because of the possibility of killing 150 people. Iran’s population is 81+ million.
Now they try to do it to us.
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