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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by nrclark on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @06:06AM (#25135419)
He tried with Iran. They declined the invitation, lucky for us all.
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by dmurray on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:12AM (#25135907)
Most "enemies of the US" don't get given that choice.
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by CapricornNoble on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @12:03PM (#25139242)
>>>He tried with Iran. They declined the invitation,

Which part of this is the President "trying" and the Iranians "declining"?

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/734683701/trump-reportedly-or...

He's probably the only Commander-in-Chief I've had so far to say "I don't think it's proportionate to bomb a bunch of people because we lost a drone."

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by nrclark on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:56PM (#25140799)
I'm referring to the Trump-ordered assassination of Qasem Soleimani. He was Iran's equivalent of the Secretary of Defense, and also a folk-hero to Iranians. Soleimani was assassinated by US drone strike in January 2020.

Iran responded with a carefully-targeted retaliation - a small missile strike against an unused/unmaintained US military installation in Iraq. There were no casualties.

Iran chose a target with low strategic value and no personnel present. Just enough of a strike that they could sell it as retaliation, but not enough of a strike to escalate into a full war.

I won't pretend to know if the assassination was warranted or necessary. But it's easily something that Iran could have used to justify a war.

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