To Hell with proportionate responses
Friday, March 24, 2023 1:17 PM
US retaliates with airstrikes in Syria after Iranian drone strike kills US contractor
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Iran, not Iranian backed militants but Iran, controlled the drone and used it to kill Americans. We tit-for-tat retaliated with our drones. This is weak and unconvincing. We should respond in a fashion which makes Iran too afraid to ever challenge America again. Sink their flagship, MOAB their nuke reactor centrifuge site, level their central military command. One of those or all of those- conventional military plans are not effective against Iran. Remember when Trump droned Soleimani, and Iran retaliated with missile attacks against our bases in Iraq? Trump erred immensely by tweeting disinformation when he should have punished Iran's military by decreasing it to a fraction of it's previous size. Allowing a third rate power to attack us with only the mildest responses not only fails to discourage subsequent attacks, but invites more attacks by the original belligerent and other enemies who are watching.
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