We don’t play tit for tat.
I was against Trump’s decision to whack the General because it forces the path of war.
Immediately afterwards, the United States should have demanded a sit down, explained why we whacked the guy, but make clear that any retaliation would not be tolerated. We failed to do so. Rather, we sat and waited.
Today’s actions by Iran were ineffective and half hearted. By design. They are trying to save face in the Middle East.
But, we cannot let that go. They fired missiles at US bases. They only respect strength.
Trump needs to be consistent with his strong hand and send multiple sorties destroying their missile sites and nuclear production sites. In other words, respond 20x fold. Make Iran say Uncle and then we talk about the terms going forward.
Link: It’s War!