“”Why did the “how many people will this kill” question not come up until 10 minutes before the strike?””
It apparently did - was known at the time everyone was meeting to go over the plan. It was not last minute. Every news channel is reporting that today and I think the president goofed but no one here wants to admit that. I don’t care how many here like or dislike the president, when he’s wrong, he’s wrong and I think this was a major boo-boo on his part and I’m sure there are those who were in on the planning who would like to come forward and tell the truth. Someone this morning - forget which report I heard, said that this would have been one of the first topics covered and answered before any plans were put into place.
I don’t see why conservatives insist on covering things up when reality is in plain sight. No one can truthfully say that the president doesn’t stretch the truth!
We have assets over there already, so any of the plans for attacks/strikes were probably just 10 minutes from approval to execution. Besides, this public discussion could just be to rattle the Iranians and confuse them. There is likely much we don’t know about whats going on.