Military bases are not all nuclear research facilities. Jet runways, for example; those used to fly military aircraft. How ‘bout navy stations. BTW, are the military people out of bounds for strikes? After all, it’s their military that carried out the drone strike, and it’s their soldiers that are killing our soldiers on the field in Iraq and elsewhere. So, if military casualties are ruled out, Iran can get away with anything. Where would you start, it at all?
You said, “striking without human collateral damage”. After all, it was an unmanned drone that was shot down.
So I asked what all these “rich” targets are and now all you come up with are manned targets, except maybe the runways. Not so rich, is it.
I think Trump is right. If you want to retaliate against the drone strike, it has to be unmanned. I would go further and say it has to relate to the flights, manned or unmanned, overseeing the security of the Straits or international space. I have no love at all or Iran, but you are not talking about retaliation for this drone strike, as your original post did.
There is a right way to handle this, and it looks like Trump is doing it. I want Iran to collapse without the Euro-peons thinking they need to get involved. It appears that our Thumb is squeezing even harder, now, and we look composed and in control. It is a good approach, measured and reasonable.
Not at all like your last reply.