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"Disproportionate Retaliation" is a Great Trump Doctrine
FrontPageMag ^ | Daniel Greenfield | Jan 6, 2020

Posted on 01/06/2020 3:52:27 PM PST by Mr. Mojo

One of the most bizarre foreign policy notions is the criticism that a retaliation against terrorists is disproportionate.

The disproportionate complaint has been repeatedly wielded against Israel. And the United States. Even though it makes no sense. Isn't a proportional retaliation just an embodiment of the cycle of violence that they 'proportionate' crowd complains about?

Instead, President Trump has embraced disproportionate retaliation.

"These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!" Trump tweeted.

Disproportionate retaliation is not a bad doctrine.

You attack one of our embassies. We go after the guy leading the attack. But we also go all the way up the food chain and take out the guy behind it all. And we serve notice that we will respond unpredictably. We'll ignore some things and overreact to others. Don't test us because you don't know what will happen.

We will not reply proportionately. We won't calculate how limited our attack will be. We'll hurt you. Badly.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce
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To: Mr. Mojo

If you poke the rabbit and then the bear, you get a different response.


21 posted on 01/06/2020 5:19:20 PM PST by olesigh
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To: Mr. Mojo

The proper meaning of “disproportionate” is “excessive”. The Left defines “disproportionate” as what normal people would call “effective”. They apply it to a country that they hate, when it’s winning.


22 posted on 01/06/2020 5:22:26 PM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Trump, the counterpuncher, has often said if you hit him he will hit you back five times as hard, which of course he does.

Now he has become our nation’s counterpuncher, applying the same strategy to dealing with our enemies.

So “disproportionate retaliation” is definitely a good name for it.


23 posted on 01/06/2020 5:54:15 PM PST by zencycler
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To: rightwingcrazy

Exactly - ‘disproportionate’ would consist of reducing an entire city to rubble in order to eliminate one person. We no longer have much of a problem finding that person and we even are polite enough to gather up the pieces and send them back. Quite gracious, actually.


24 posted on 01/06/2020 6:00:32 PM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: Mr. Mojo
Bet the ragheads don’t attack an American embassy for quite some time. Arabs have a much longer memory than American libs.
25 posted on 01/06/2020 6:02:26 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: Mr. Mojo

disproportionate...........Impeachment in return for winning an election.


26 posted on 01/06/2020 6:19:54 PM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

A disproportionate response gets them to the point of, “Sh!t, we ain’t doin’ that again.”, moment.


27 posted on 01/06/2020 7:27:20 PM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: jmacusa

I was thinking the same damn thing. Trump must have some jarhead next to him. Lmfao


28 posted on 01/06/2020 7:31:18 PM PST by I got the rope
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To: Mr. Mojo

Disproportionate retaliation is pre-Torah and pre-Hammurabi.

It is the only language the ragheads understand.

GO TRUMP!


29 posted on 01/06/2020 7:51:32 PM PST by lightman (The Millenials are asleep in their "wokeness".)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Disproportionate? They bring a knife, we bring a gun. From the Kenyan traitor’s mouth to God’s ear.


30 posted on 01/06/2020 7:57:25 PM PST by DPMD
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To: Mr. Mojo
This gentleman is attempting to explain to the grizzly bear that it is a disproportional reaction for the bear to eat him just because he pocked him with a stick. The bear still ended up eating him! Don't poke a bear with a stick and expect the bear to walk away.


31 posted on 01/06/2020 8:22:06 PM PST by Mat_Helm
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To: Political Junkie Too

Excellent analysis.

May I borrow that? (I’ll be happy to include the link.)


32 posted on 01/06/2020 9:19:25 PM PST by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: Paul R.
Sure.

-PJ

33 posted on 01/06/2020 9:29:20 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

“Disproportionate” was another trigger word to protect bad guys from being taught to not take certain actions...another PC meme bites the dust under the Best President Ever...


34 posted on 01/07/2020 3:42:48 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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