Posted on 06/21/2019 9:44:53 AM PDT by McQ444
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because he it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate response to Tehran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone.Trump said the plan was to hit three sites in response to the drone’s downing on Thursday, which Tehran said took place over its territory and which Washington said occurred in international airspace over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The drone incident aggravated fears of a direct military clash between the longtime foes and oil prices rose about $1 per barrel to above $65.50 on Friday due to worries about possible disruptions to crude exports from the Gulf.
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The “art of the deal” in its ultimate form, i.e. military power as a bargaining chip?. That or Bolton, the JCS, and the spook alphabets went rouge and the President pulled them back at the last moment ala Tom Clancy.
Donald Trump. Master Troll. Lol. Now he’s trolling the Ayatollah.
I suspect there are other things in the works that will send a stronger message than “compassion”.
It’s all Kabuki Theater.
Blow up one of their active rigs and say the next attack on US assets will result in the total destruction of Iran’s oil industry. Then just to show them how serious you are, put another million barrels of oil on the market.
“Ten minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world,”
Why did the “how many people will this kill” question not come up until 10 minutes before the strike?
Donald Trump. Master Troll. Lol. Now he’s trolling the Ayatollah.
He’s the Ayatollah Trollah!
he made a mistake in admitting that the shitty, leaky NYT story was accurate.
Or maybe it was only leaked to the NYT to identify a disloyal mole in the Trump administration.
Daren’t, another Gulf of Tonkin opportunity gone to waste!
There’s also the matter of the upcoming G-20 meeting that no doubt was a consideration for Trump. He doesn’t need the distraction of an ongoing military confrontation with Iran at this particular moment in time.
We have a winner!
jesus. GWB hasn’t been on a ballot in nearly 20 damn years, and people still obsess about him. aside from being a bit comical, it’s emotionally unhealthy.
don’t see anyone hanging from the oak tree on the grounds of the white house.
he should have just left it alone. the inner workings of the decision making process on a military strike should never, ever wind up on twitter.
Do you have anything against Don Imus?
I guess that makes trump the Ayatrolla
The souls of dead American Marines and Airmen scream out that no one spared them.........
Really? Want to ask all our wounded warriors if the Bush doctrine is no longer valid? Lots of arm, legs, eyes, fatherless and motherless children, lots of other wounds that will never heal. For what?
Bravo POTUS!
the inner workings of the decision making process on a military strike should never, ever wind up on twitter
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I could not agree more. Wholly inappropriate and unnecessarily revealing.
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