“Proportional,” probably. Can’t upset the mullahs and jeopardize the Obama-Iran nuke deal.
As a combat veteran, I will NEVER understand the phrase “Proportional response”. They kill one of ours, we kill one of theirs? What bullshit!!!!! The only thing these animals understand is brute strength and we HAVE IT - spent TRILLIONS to get it - so why don’t we use it as a military strategy? Let the diplomats use their proportional responses and park our military or just go home. No need to sacrifice the lives of our Americans for stupidity in a foreign land. We can do that at home.
We didn’t adhere to that in WW2. We did in Vietnam. There is a difference.
My idea of “proportional” is more like the (old school) Chicago way: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cjOPLTTjnwc&pp=ygUYQ2hpY2FnbyB3YXMgdW50b3VjaGFibGVz