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He tried with Iran. They declined the invitation, lucky for us all.
by nrclark 6y ago
He tried with Iran. They declined the invitation, lucky for us all.
- dmurray 6y agoMost "enemies of the US" don't get given that choice.
- CapricornNoble 6y ago>>>He tried with Iran. They declined the invitation, Which part of this is the President "trying" and the Iranians "declining"? https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/734683701/trump-reportedly-orders-strike-on-iran-then-calls-off-attack-plan https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/734683701/trump-reportedly-or... He's probably the only Commander-in-Chief I've had so far to say "I don't think it's proportionate to bomb a bunch of people because we lost a drone."
- nrclark 6y agoI'm referring to the Trump-ordered assassination of Qasem Soleimani. He was Iran's equivalent of the Secretary of Defense, and also a folk-hero to Iranians. Soleimani was assassinated by US drone strike in January 2020. Iran responded with a carefully-targeted retaliation - a small missile strike against an unused/unmaintained US military installation in Iraq. There were no casualties. Iran chose a target with low strategic value and no personnel present. Just enough of a strike that they could sell it as retaliation, but not enough of a strike to escalate into a full war. I won't pretend to know if the assassination was warranted or necessary. But it's easily something that Iran could have used to justify a war.