VRPdommy

First... the drone invaded Iranian airspace, and they had every right to shoot it down.
While the waterway under it was international, the airspace was not. Name a country we allow fly in our airspace with military aircraft freely at will.

So, the blunder needed cover. It's a good excuse for not escalating it but the Senate told him he was not making any military attacks on this. And is why he reverted to economic sanctions.

Hey, I always think provoking and/or creating a war is a bad idea unless you can show me where our interest is and what the end game is intended to achieve.
Tit for Tat escalations is what lead to the Vietnam war... and Korea too.
Only one is over and we have not succeeded in either.

If he thinks he can achieve regime change in the remainder of his term, he is mistaken and we can almost guess the next admin (left or right) will not see this the same way. Not going to happen.

Just remember, all of this is brought to you by Israel and Saudi Arabia. Neither of which has our interest at heart. Not having the predominate military or economic potential, you adopt a big brother to do your fighting.

Obtaining a deal from the moderates in Iran is now going to be almost impossible for some time. Thanks donald.

So, I suppose he did the right thing not invading NK too ? ...LOL...