So much hyperbole, so little reality.

[TheParser]

Yes, the United States has shown great restraint during the last 40 years.

Restraint, however, only breeds contempt among the fanatics who rule Iran.

A big orchid to President Trump for teaching the Iranians a lesson that they should have learned 40 years ago when they had the temerity to hold Americans hostage.

Why don't other nations, including the United States, mess with North Korea? Because they fear that North Korea may have nuclear weapons. It is "fear" that makes nations respect one another. The United States needs to stop being Mr. Nice Guy. Iran needs to fear us.

 

[rightwinger]

Contrary to the "Trumps a warmonger" hysteria he has shown a lot of restraint.

Iran attacks:
Open shipping lanes & ships.
Oil refineries.
A US drone over international waters.
A US contractor.
US soldiers.
The embassy in Iraq.
And now a major direct strike at US assets and military personnel.

Thus far our only response has been very muted and small in scale. Any one of the above scenarios would have prompted all previous presidents to retaliate in a much bigger fashion. And don't even attempt to exclude Obama because he attacked both Libya & Syria with far less provocations.

Face it, to this point Trump has shown major restraint in the face of constant taunting from both Iran and the left.

Actually, he created a crisis where none existed under Obama

Why?

Because relieving tensions with Iran was an Obama accomplishment. Trump could not leave it alone and had to destroy it even though Iran was complying with the terms of the agreement

 

[Dragonlady]

Contrary to the "Trumps a warmonger" hysteria he has shown a lot of restraint.

Iran attacks:
Open shipping lanes & ships.
Oil refineries.
A US drone over international waters.
A US contractor.
US soldiers.
The embassy in Iraq.
And now a major direct strike at US assets and military personnel.

Thus far our only response has been very muted and small in scale. Any one of the above scenarios would have prompted all previous presidents to retaliate in a much bigger fashion. And don't even attempt to exclude Obama because he attacked both Libya & Syria with far less provocations.

Face it, to this point Trump has shown major restraint in the face of constant taunting from both Iran and the left.

He's shown incredible restraint.

So far Trump has shown incredible stupidity. What's his plan here. What happens if he succeeds in getting the Mullahs out of power. Who goes in? You can't just demand regime change without a plan of what happens after.

Trump never has a plan for anything.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Contrary to the "Trumps a warmonger" hysteria he has shown a lot of restraint.

Iran attacks:
Open shipping lanes & ships.
Oil refineries.
A US drone over international waters.
A US contractor.
US soldiers.
The embassy in Iraq.
And now a major direct strike at US assets and military personnel.

Thus far our only response has been very muted and small in scale. Any one of the above scenarios would have prompted all previous presidents to retaliate in a much bigger fashion. And don't even attempt to exclude Obama because he attacked both Libya & Syria with far less provocations.

Face it, to this point Trump has shown major restraint in the face of constant taunting from both Iran and the left.

He says he doesn't want war. Since I can't trust a thing that comes out of his maw, I truly don't know.

 

[mdk]

Without hyperbole this forum would mostly be punctuation.

 

[Seawytch]

Contrary to the "Trumps a warmonger" hysteria he has shown a lot of restraint.

Iran attacks:
Open shipping lanes & ships.
Oil refineries.
A US drone over international waters.
A US contractor.
US soldiers.
The embassy in Iraq.
And now a major direct strike at US assets and military personnel.

Thus far our only response has been very muted and small in scale. Any one of the above scenarios would have prompted all previous presidents to retaliate in a much bigger fashion. And don't even attempt to exclude Obama because he attacked both Libya & Syria with far less provocations.

Face it, to this point Trump has shown major restraint in the face of constant taunting from both Iran and the left.

Guy walks up and punches a guy in the nose. That guy punches the first guy in the gut. Showing restraint would have been not punching the guy in the nose to begin with...

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Contrary to the "Trumps a warmonger" hysteria he has shown a lot of restraint.

Iran attacks:
Open shipping lanes & ships.
Oil refineries.
A US drone over international waters.
A US contractor.
US soldiers.
The embassy in Iraq.
And now a major direct strike at US assets and military personnel.

Thus far our only response has been very muted and small in scale. Any one of the above scenarios would have prompted all previous presidents to retaliate in a much bigger fashion. And don't even attempt to exclude Obama because he attacked both Libya & Syria with far less provocations.

Face it, to this point Trump has shown major restraint in the face of constant taunting from both Iran and the left.

Guy walks up and punches a guy in the nose. That guy punches the first guy in the gut. Showing restraint would have been not punching the guy in the nose to begin with...

Terrible analogy. Especially embarrassing for someone who supposedly served.