Posted on 06/23/2019 7:10:36 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Iran should not “mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness” U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.
He was speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem during a press conference, adding no one has granted Iran a “hunting license in the Middle East.”
Bolton’s words of advice for the Islamic republic come days after President Donald Trump called off military strikes on Iran after learning approximately 150 Iranians would be killed, saying it would’ve been out of proportion to the downing of an unmanned American surveillance drone by Iran.
Bolton also revealed sanctions will continue against Tehran and that the U.S. reserves the right to attack it at a later point. He emphasized that Trump had only “stopped the strike from going forward at this time.’”
Bolton’s tempered advice stands in contrast to the message coming out of Tehran after senior Iranian military commanders warned Sunday any U.S. attack on Iran will be met with a massive loss of life by American forces.
The semi-official Fars news agency quoted Gen. Gholamali Rashid as backing his country’s military prowess, warning Washington “should behave in a responsible way to protect the lives of American forces.”
Gen. Rashid said if hostilities open against the Islamic republic, its scope and duration could not be controlled, blaming any escalation in the Middle East on “U.S. interventionist policy.”
The general oversees and coordinates joint military operations in the Iranian Armed Forces.
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Does anyone remember how Obama retaliated when Iran shot down a drone during his Presidency? I don’t.
I guess I remembered even less. The story was Iran captured a US drone.
President Trump said an attack is still on the table.
One swift and accurate cruise missile crashing into a meeting of the top mad mullah’s of Iran would work wonders.
I think Iran turned on all of their SAM radar systems and we got a good look at their defenses without having to send any Wild Weasels in and endangering our pilots...
I hope those systems were the ones targeted in the cyber attack reported here on FR this am.
That was an arranged capture by the halfrican, mooselimb, communist prick that used to live in the white hut so that his pals could re-engineer the drone.
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