Trump the compassionate conservative.
I know — sabotage one of those swiftboats of theirs to make it blow up when it reaches international waters. That way, you tit-for-tat them for the drone, while retaliating for the capture and humiliation of one of our crews in the gulf during the brocko regime.
I hate the notion of proportional responses, but in this case, I think he did the right thing.
It is hard not to sound cynical when one is indeed a cynic.
This process seems familiar. Sort of like the Kabuki theater back when the President might veto, was going to veto, and then didn’t veto the budget last year.
Don’t get me wrong. I am a Trump kinda guy. I just think it is counter productive to play to your base in this fashion.
Just my thoughts.
He certainly knows how to play the US media. They want him to be an out-of-control warmonger who needs to be impeached. But — somehow — he just doesn’t look like he fits their characterization.
Leaking top secret information is treason and whoever leaked it should be arrested post haste.
Printing it is treason as well. Start by arresting those at the very top of the media outlets that published it.
DEPORT A MILLION-instead
I support this decision.
Thank you President Trump, for not feeding the insanity of the neocon warmongers who you have allowed into your cabinet. Now, please boot them out before they cause real damage to you and US.
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”.
“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?
he made a mistake in admitting that the shitty, leaky NYT story was accurate.
Daren’t, another Gulf of Tonkin opportunity gone to waste!
The souls of dead American Marines and Airmen scream out that no one spared them.........
Bravo POTUS!
I don’t want a war with Iran. Something nice and deniable might be appropriate. Say, a Russian drone which drops Russian cluster weapons on Iran’s biggest oil Refinery?
If it doesn’t work, no big deal as it cannot be tied to us (if done properly). If it does work, a big headache for Iran and again, cannot be tied to us.