President Donald Trump is attempting to avoid answering the political question: Did the attack, obliteration or not achieve the political outcome demanded by Trump, "unconditional surrender"?
President Donald Trump is attempting to avoid answering the political question did the attack, obliteration or not achieve the political outcome demanded by Trump, "unconditional surrender"? There is no Iranian "unconditional surrender" or even conditional surrender. Questioning the effectiveness of a military action is not questioning the bravery of those who were tasked with a military objective, nor is it claiming the military personnel did not effectively conduct the attack to the degree their process-ordinance enabled. It is not even relevant for military actions are undertaken to achieve a political goal. It does not matter if the military strike result was obliteration or partial. It is the resultant outcome of the political strike. The political result: The Iran regime is intact; “Iran has retained irreversible nuclear knowledge and capabilities,” Iran won the war. The US ran away. As the US has from Russia. President Donald Trump carries a stick made of...