The president acted directly to defend and to revenge American lives. It had nothing to do with starting a war in the Middle East.
Avenge is the verb, not revenge.
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Exactly (but it’s ‘avenge’)- Ron evidently would be on the sidelines yelling to the Americans being brutalized by the regime, “Stay down, let them punch you- don’t retaliate, don’;t act aggressively, they might not like us anymore if you do”