Trump asked for options for attacking Iran last week, but held off: source

[Pilotman]

6 hours ago, pixelaoffy said:

Iran doesn't have nukes and Trump wanted to take military action but fortunately there are a few sane people to stop the so called commander in chief 

its only a matter of time before they do, then God help everyone. Then no doubt many people will be weeping and saying 'why didn't we do something about it before it happened'.  

[onthedarkside]

Several trolling posts and replies have been removed. A bit of civility, even with those you disagree with, can go a long way.

 

[Justgrazing]

8 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

   Do you think that Trump made the wrong choice and that he SHOULD have bombed Iran ?

 

No I think the outgoing President should not be using the last mths of his tenure contemplating making decisions that seem to be more about projecting an image that he is still relevant rather than serving America's best interests in the region .. 

Iran cannot match the U S militarily , everyone knows that but Iran has proven in the past to be quite capable of disrupting vessel movement through the Straits of Hormuz including hijacking oil tankers .. that then sends the price of oil up and the markets into jitters which has an effect on everyone .. And does it really look good that the most powerful military in the world is ordered to initiate an unprovoked attack with little or no intelligence of any imminent danger to the U S or its assets to justify it .. 

[Jack Mountain]

20 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

 

No I think the outgoing President should not be using the last mths of his tenure contemplating making decisions that seem to be more about projecting an image that he is still relevant rather than serving America's best interests in the region .. 

Iran cannot match the U S militarily , everyone knows that but Iran has proven in the past to be quite capable of disrupting vessel movement through the Straits of Hormuz including hijacking oil tankers .. that then sends the price of oil up and the markets into jitters which has an effect on everyone .. And does it really look good that the most powerful military in the world is ordered to initiate an unprovoked attack with little or no intelligence of any imminent danger to the U S or its assets to justify it .. 

Intelligence you can buy by the kilo, has never stopped the US or Israel ... or the UK (remember Tony B.).