Posted on 06/20/2019 4:59:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Amid mounting tension between the U.S. and Iran, the White House earlier Thursday invited House and Senate leaders and Democrats and Republicans on the House and Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees to meet with President Trump in the White House's secure Situation Room.
Others who arrived for the meeting included CIA Director Gina Haspel, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Army Secretary Mark Esper, whom Trump has said he'll nominate as defense secretary.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News that "we had a good briefing" and that the Trump administration would engage in "measured responses."
Hours earlier, the Pentagon released video showing the smoke trail of a Navy drone that was shot out of the sky over the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, in what military officials described as an "unprovoked attack."
Trump told reporters that Iran made a "very big mistake" but also said he has the feeling that it might have been the result of someone being "loose" or doing something "stupid."
The U.S. Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk, an unmanned aircraft with a wingspan larger than that of a Boeing 737, was brought down by an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps surface-to-air missile that was fired from near Goruk on Wednesday night, according to Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command.
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Dear Ayatolla, are you a fan of the Florida State Seminoles? No? Let me introduce you to the Tomahawk Chop.
Interesting. Over the weekend maybe?
Measured response would be to bomb the palace where the mullahs gathered, but don’t bomb the cities where the people are. Could also bomb their nuclear missile facilities, we could get the location from Israel.
Look.
This is pretty straight forward.
Rerun the play America -
We need a twink cokehead muslim president from Kenya with a transgender wife to send Iran another 1.5 billion dollars in unmarked multiple currency bills so they won’t be mean to us anymore.
/s
Also from the article:
“McConnell confirmed the U.S.’s firm position that the drone was operating in international airspace, even as Iran has tried to make the case that the drone had “violated” Iranian airspace.”
Expect an earthquake to take out their nuclear test sites. 200+ scientist eliminated seems about right. When is chocolate Cake scheduled for the menus next?
1. our CIA is exposed (ciber unit)
2. our drone explodes in international water
Has the black hats CIA been eliminated yet?
I love how Trump's instinct is never to take the bait, never to be a hothead, to play things down...and then strike where the enemy is weak at a time of HIS choosing.
I hope Trump did NOT indicate his plan as I would expect a traitor in that room would communicate the plans to Iran.
Trump is just trying to give Iran an out, an opportunity to backtrack, without losing face, by blaming it on some rogue commander. But I don’t think Iran will take this opportunity to deescalate the situation.
Right...and it will just make him look "measured" and attract more allied support.
As much as I would like what you offer; I think something more measured (and required if we are to go into the country) like taking out the launch sites for the coastal SAMs. My memory is that Israel will always immediately target a launch site when retaliating. Then they add other sites.
Gwjack
Covfefe.
I was just engaging in wishful thinking, I am sure they will figure out the best possible response under the circumstances.
My other thoughts were to air drop Kerry, Hillary and Obama.
At what altitude was it flying when shot down?
Well lets see, more sanctions that many are being ignored by many Countries. Or how about a letter. Iran is at war with us and have killed Americans before. When will we learn? Looks like never.
Yes, a timely earthquake would be a nice way to go. It seemed to work in NK.
*** Iran is at war with us and have killed Americans before. ***
Doesn’t that work both ways?
Iran Air Flight 655, a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai was shot down on 3 July 1988 by a surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes.
The aircraft, an Airbus A300, was destroyed. All 290 people on board, including 66 children, were killed. The jet was hit while flying over Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. Vincennes had entered Iranian territory after one of its helicopters drew warning fire from Iranian speedboats operating within Iranian territorial limits.
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