He just sent a very clear picture to Iran, and it may bite him. There was some intel that Iran was going to try a drone attack on a British base. Whether or not this happened, Trump’s reaction was a little quicker than it needed to be. How can Iran do a drone attack in Britain? Supposedly, their air force is gone, and their navy is gone. There are warships out and around the island, so how would Iran have gotten past them?
Consider this. Trump reacted *too fast*. Since when does he react quickly about something when he rants and raves on Truth Social all the time? There seems to be something wrong with this picture. And consider that Britain and Scotland are 5 hours ahead of us on the clock. He never moves fast when someone needs him to do something.
But reacting so fast has sent a message to Iran, and likely others, that he will not like. It’s definitely bad. It’s just bad. It will make most, if not all, of our enemies sit up and take notice. Look! See Trump overreact! Isn’t this FUN??? The enemies exclude Putin because we all know Donnie adores Putin and will push Ukraine around if Putin asks. But others? Oh, yes.
With respect for Raw Story:
The hasty withdrawal of a dozen U.S. B-1 bombers from a British air base over an Iranian drone threat may have taught Tehran that President Donald Trump “can be pushed around,” a former top Pentagon official warned. The New York Times reported that the pullout is “another glaring example of how, time after time,” Trump has “been forced into retreat” since launching the war in February.
“Such a hasty decision is intensely disruptive to operational planning and force morale,” said Stroul, now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The war has also eroded a core rationale for the U.S. presence in the region, and the United States has been unable to guarantee freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz or parts of the Red Sea.
Yep. That sent a big message to Iran. Threaten him somewhere that isn’t Iran-specific and watch him flip out. Now, how in the heck would they be able to get that close to the base, as mentioned previously? That’s the part that isn’t making sense. Perhaps there could be a sleeper cell in the UK? So many questions because the intel doesn’t make any sense.
We aren’t trained in this sort of thing unless someone is leading a double life. But there are so many obvious questions about what the “threat” means that we don’t have enough information. But any of us can see that there’s a whole lot to be answered. Any of us can make a list of questions. Trump overreacted, and it’s going to get him one of these days. The war doesn’t need any more ‘help’ put right out there about how to manipulate our ‘president’. Could we please take our toys and go home?
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