Saturday, June 22, 2019

Postscript to yesterday's post

I just wanted to clarify this:   Yes, I'm am glad that Trump did not send airstrikes that would have killed 150 people to retaliate against Iran's shooting down (maybe) our unmanned drone.

What I'm outraged about -- and frightened by -- is that Trump presents this as a last minute thought he had.   Why was it never thought about until the planes were either on the runway or in the air?

A retired general interviewed last night on MSNBC assured listeners that, in briefing the president on such a plan, one of the first things they would include is the likely human lives lost.

So, either Trump's story is made up as a cover for some other reason;  or else he is just so inattentive that, when they briefed him, he didn't take that in.

No, I do not agree with FoxNews when they claim that this act was "Trump at his most presidential" so far.

Ralph


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