(01-31-2020 12:26 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(01-31-2020 12:00 PM)mrbig Wrote:  

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

(01-31-2020 10:48 AM)mrbig Wrote:  

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.

...and? Trump acts with restraint and correctly gauged that the Iranian response to his move would be far less drastic than his critics feared, and in some cases hoped. All that’s left for his critics is to nitpick, as you are doing.

Nitpicking? I didn't nitpick Trump's actions after Iran's missile strike.. I literally wrote that I was "thankful that cooler heads have prevailed."

Did Trump really correctly gauge the Iranian response? 64 US troops with mild traumatic brain injuries, 25 of whom still have not returned to duty 3 weeks after the missile strike?

Conservatives here have repeatedly taken Obama to task for not following through on his threat to use force in Syria after Assad crossed Obama's red line by using chemical weapons on civilians. I am just asking if conservatives here felt like Trump was establishing a red line with his quoted tweets and, if so, whether they feel like Trump should be taken to task for not following through with his threat of force after Iranian missile strikes injured 64 US troops.

Also, do you have any evidence that any of Trump's critics "hoped" for a more dramatic response by Iran? That is pure slanderous ridiculousness.