The Iranian Attack

@whowasthatmaskedman Well, it looks like this time he's going more Obama like - FOR NOW!

@Budwick I will try to avoid any sarcasm in reply. But it does seem as if someone has managed to reach him with some common sense. The world doesnt need this. America doesnt need this.. And looks like Trump has been shown that he doesnt need it either.

@whowasthatmaskedman
I suppose that's as close to
"I'm pleased with what Trump did there"
out of you.

I'll take it!

But, why even consider sarcasm?

@Budwick In this case, the absence of a disaster will pass for a win. Go with it. 😉

@Budwick Trump pulled back because his attempts at brinkmanship were met with an assurance from the Iranians that any attack would have regional and international consequences. Their steadfast refusal to blink first resulted in his climbdown. (Reuters)

@RodionRomanovitch I would hope you are right. Sadly I think its just as likely that some professional military people warned just how unpopular a military catastrophe such as the one he was about to start would make him. Those Carrier groups are massive targets a long way from home.

@whowasthatmaskedman Yeah, look at all those carriers that have been sunk

@sunsporter1649 Ask any person here with some experience in the military if a determined suicide attack would not take out a capital ship or two in those confined shipping lanes. Then ask someone with some political experience if that wouldnt spell the death of Trumps chances at the next election. Ask questions.. You might learn something.

@whowasthatmaskedman LOL, Iran would be a glowing green parking lot in 30 minutes, even if the kamikaze attack got within spitting distance of a carrier group, which I seriously doubt

@sunsporter1649 And that stupid opinion is just the sort of answer a Trump supporter would give. Seriously, advocating a nuclear strike against an arab nation, and oil producer. Even TRUMP wouldnt be that stupid. He would get Israel to do it.

@whowasthatmaskedman Who says the United States would be dropping nuclear weapons? And Israel would surely be the first to strike, backed by the US Fleet, and all those ragheads know it. Remember Operation Opera?

@sunsporter1649 "Iran would be a glowing green parking lot in 30 minutes" Your words..

@whowasthatmaskedman You mean Israel does not have nuclear weapons? Or that after a conventional strike by the allied forces on the Iranian nuclear facilities there would be no nuclear fallout?

@sunsporter1649 You clearly spoke without thinking and now backtrack. I wonder where you learned that?

@whowasthatmaskedman You mean Israel does not have nuclear weapons? Or that after a conventional strike by the allied forces on the Iranian nuclear facilities there would be no nuclear fallout?

@sunsporter1649 No such devastation would occur from fallout from a reactor breach. And the reactors wouldnt breach under a conventional attack. Israel would use their weapons unless there was a direct threat to them. You clearly believe a nuclear option is just another weapon and it isnt. You are wrong. But thats no surprise.

@whowasthatmaskedman Yeah, like Chernobyl, no fallout there, either

@sunsporter1649 Oh for crying out loud. Talk to someone from your own navy who knows about your own nuclear powered ships. Dont be ignorant all your life.

@whowasthatmaskedman LOL, I have inside information on our ships, specifically carriers and carrier groups. Pretty neat boats, good thing we have them, and more on the way.