What would be stupider than starting a war with the Mid-East’s largest and most militarily capable U.S. adversary over what was essentially an Amazon delivery gone astray?
How about ordering U.S. planes in the air against one of the most sophisticated air defenses in the region while warning said adversaries they were coming?
“DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday that Tehran had received a message from U.S. President Donald Trump through Oman overnight warning that a U.S. attack on Iran was imminent.
“In his message, Trump said he was against any war with Iran and wanted to talk to Tehran about various issues ... he gave a short period of time to get our response but Iran’s immediate response was that it is up to Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei to decide about this issue,” one of the officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity.”
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad the attack was called off…
...but ultimately I am left to wonder if the Joint Chiefs were forced to make this decision because the C-in-C ran his mouth to the intended target?
Or was it because Putin told Trump what not to do?
Either way this is no way to run an Air Force.
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[cross-posted to PolitiZoom]