Perhaps because if they did that, there’s a very high chance trump would nuke them. He’s been itching for a reason to use nukes since his first term, and that would give him the excuse he wants.
e: I think the fact I got 2 opposing comments (he’d do it without justification and he’d be stopped by the CoC even with justification) might be telling here. He’s a monkey with a machine gun, and who knows if justification would work on others in the chain of command? Perhaps they’d rather not risk that.
If Trump wants to nuke them, he nukes them. He doesn’t need a reason, he is a demented megalomaniac with a cult following. There will be some more finger-waggling in congress and pearl clutching for the midterms after the fact and that’s it. So why appease him or try not to upset him?
Iran probably just thought hitting these targets was easier.
Maybe, there are a lot of people who would probably not be too keen on doing that through the chain of command. Nukes aren’t something you just pull out a brief case and push a button with.
Perhaps because if they did that, there’s a very high chance trump would nuke them. He’s been itching for a reason to use nukes since his first term, and that would give him the excuse he wants.
e: I think the fact I got 2 opposing comments (he’d do it without justification and he’d be stopped by the CoC even with justification) might be telling here. He’s a monkey with a machine gun, and who knows if justification would work on others in the chain of command? Perhaps they’d rather not risk that.
If Trump wants to nuke them, he nukes them. He doesn’t need a reason, he is a demented megalomaniac with a cult following. There will be some more finger-waggling in congress and pearl clutching for the midterms after the fact and that’s it. So why appease him or try not to upset him?
Iran probably just thought hitting these targets was easier.
I fucking hate the world we live in.
Maybe, there are a lot of people who would probably not be too keen on doing that through the chain of command. Nukes aren’t something you just pull out a brief case and push a button with.