(01-31-2020 11:11 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(01-31-2020 10:48 AM)mrbig Wrote:  

(01-29-2020 11:09 AM)mrbig Wrote:  The number of US Service members diagnosed with some level of traumatic brain injury from the Iran missile strikes has increased to 50, 31 of whom have returned to duty. Not really clear how serious the injuries are to the other 19.

Number of US troops diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries from the 1/8/2020 missile attack by Iran has been increased to 64.

Donald Trump on 1/4/2020 Wrote:Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader.... Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have [] targeted 52 Iranian sites ... and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!

Donald Trump on 1/4/2020 Wrote:The Untied States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way...and without hesitation!

Don't get me wrong, I don't want us to go to war with Iran and I'm thankful that cooler heads have prevailed for the time being. But for those of you critical of Obama's failure to enforce his red line in Syria and arguing for a much more aggressive policy toward Iran, what do you think of Trump's non-response to Iran's missile attack that injured 64 US troops? At the very least, Trump has hesitated in his response.

Trump's decisions seem to be based on a red line of American deaths. I am OK with that being the red line.

Maybe this is true and maybe it is not. But in his tweets, Trump was very explicit and he didn't identify "American deaths" as the line. He tweeted about responding with force if Iran attacked "USA assets", "any Americans", "American assets", "an American Base", and "any American". Nothing in those tweets about only responding with force only if Iran killed an American.