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On the Question of Trump vs. Iran powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/… via @powerlineUS
As a “throwback to some earlier days,” I suspect Trump is giving the Iranians some reason to worry about their next step. This is one of those moments when Trump’s brash, crude, and indiscreet style of governing-by-tweet actually serves the interests of the country very well.
President Reagan approved, but then also canceled at the last minute, several planned retaliatory attacks on Hezbollah after the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing, and for the same reason: too many civilian casualties. But this never became publicly known until much later.
