People on this thread seem to have forgotten that all the fleet has just gotten into place.
And that the evidence of Iran’s murderous meddling is becoming more and more deliberately publicized.
And that the seizure of the British personnel needs responding to.
And that the setting of international opinion is a requisite to armed action.
And that action on Iran - even the evident possibility of it - is going to assuredly affect oil prices. Why should the President or anyone else deliberately raise oil prices prior to an attack by making noisy threats?
That would just give the Democrats another attack theme
Deliberate and resolute actions, not words, are needed. And they are surely in the works - most likely coming sooner rather than later.