'Not Proportionate': Trump Explains Why He Halted Air Strikes Against Iran

Townhall ^ | 06/21/2019 | Matt Vespa

[DiogenesLamp]

No response is not an appropriate response to Iran destroying our 250 million dollar airplane.

I thought it was like a 20 million dollar drone?

Yeah, 20 million is a lot of money for us peons out here, but it is not even a mosquito bite for the US.

I see the Iranians as desperate to start a war, and so i'm hesitant to do what they want. Let them provoke us further.

[dowcaet]

And how do you know the people who are involved in the ongoing coup against this president aren’t in cahoots with Russia and China to egg on Iran to start a war against us? This presidency has changed the global equation and there are a lot of Deep State/globalist insiders who will do anything to deny this president a second term, even plunging this country into what could be a catastrophic conflict! Iran is a terrorist nation and the world has much to fear from them, but don’t kid yourself into thinking they’re being this aggressive on their own. The Russians, Chinese, and the Deep State here and around the world want the old world order back to “normal” with us being a paper tiger while they control everything!

[central_va]

This was a made to order excuse to destroy all Iranian nuclear facilities. We whiffed this one but I am sure there will be other opportunities to screw up.

[Starboard]

“...does not mean there is no war going on. Only that is being fought in multiple dimensions”

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Correct. I seriously doubt that we are “doing nothing”.

[DiogenesLamp]

Not proportionate for this specific incidence. But shooting down this drone needs to be placed into perspective with Iran being responsible for many American deaths over the years, in Iraq, terrorist actions and otherwise. That case needs to be made with the citizens so that next time there is something similar to the drone attack happens, we won’t feel restrained by the fact that no one died. A whole lot more than 150 Americans have died at the hands of the Iranians over the years.

I think that if starting a war with Iran will damage Trump's election chances, we will lose far more than we will ever gain from doing it.

Trump is the last bastion of sanity and freedom in this nation, and if another nutbag Democrat gets that power, It will cost us far more in lost freedom than any war with Iran would have ever benefited us.

Let us not be penny wise and pound foolish.

[central_va]

his presidency has changed the global equation and there are a lot of Deep State/globalist insiders who will do anything to deny this president a second term, even plunging this country into what could be a catastrophic conflict

Catastrophic for who? What a bunch of pussies. Promising to stay out of war does not mean not retaliating when struck in the nose by a psycho. We will pay for this inaction. We always do.

[bigbob]

He now has a yuge bargaining chip with Iran. Anyone who cannot see this is as dumb as the neo-con Bushes, et al.

[Scrambler Bob]

MSM this morning said $130 mil

[catnipman]

Trump’s playing a psychological cat and mouse game with the Mullahs ... he’s more or less daring them to do something even bigger so that there would be actual proportional justification for the pending attack (most likely against nuclear facilities) ...

if the Mullahs are smart, they won’t take the bait ...

if not, and the Mullah’s are stupid enough to take the bait (like the dying lying fake stream enemedia always takes Trump’s bait - sometimes even in the form of fake leaks when he wants the to publish something), then the Mullah’s will regret the hell that Trump will unleash on them ... I guess it all depends upon how much the Mullahs value their nuclear facilities ...

[central_va]

What bargaining chip is that? LOL

[CondoleezzaProtege]

We don’t need war with Iran.

[Starboard]

Good comments. But I suspect that we are not sitting around waiting for the next provocation and are rather retaliating in other ways.

[grey_whiskers]

Stable. Genius.
And hung like a centaur.

[DiogenesLamp]

Well today you sound like a plant from the revolutionary guard. But don’t take it personally, most of Free Republic has gone daft over this issue.

I have always believed we should have beat sh*t out of Iran back in 1979 when they seized our embassy personnel, and I have never changed my mind about this.

I *want* to destroy the existing Iranian government, and I'm perfectly fine with a war to do it.

But I also think there are some things more important than righting this wrong that idiot Jimmy Carter created, and one of those things is protecting our country from an even worse threat than Iran, and that is a Democrat President.

Iran isn't going anywhere, but the election is next year. If starting a war with Iran will adversely affect Trump's reelection, then it is a cost we cannot bear.

We can bide our time for a year and a half, and once his election is secure, we can blow sh*t out of Iran, and I will applaud.

But let us keep our priorities straight. The first thing of importance is protecting freedom here in America, not regime change in a foreign Muslim nation in which America really no longer has any significant interests.

[ryderann]

“But I don’t like “proportionate”. “

For sure. In court you get cost plus triple damages.

[Charles Martel]

Do the Dems really want an ally that’s the #1 sponsor of international terrorism?

You forgot the /rhetorical tag.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Yes, of course they do. Good is evil and evil is good to them.

[BigEdLB]

Agree. By doing this The Prez really plays with the mullah’s heads

[LibWhacker]

Sounds wise, but you risk death by a thousand cuts.

[Conserv]

It’s quite obvious who the loon is...

and it’s YOU.