It’s my firm conviction that just about any post on this board that starts with “So …” is little more than an attempt to put words in someone else’s mouth.
Altair did that to you.
You do it plenty of times yourself.
We could all learn something from this.
There is a second part to Altair’s reply to you. “What would you do?” You indicate that you think Altair’s proposal would create a whole generation of new terrorists. What would you do instead that would NOT create more terrorists?
If you’re going to stick with this obtuse response, then Altair’s suggestion that you wouldn’t respond looks more accurate than your attempt to deny that you would do nothing.
I didn’t ask you what you would NOT do. I (and Altair) asked you what you WOULD do if Iran strikes again.
I already gave you my prediction. If you want a preview of a war with Iran, just look at where we already dealt with Iran’s proxies and expect more of that.
Running over the parts of Iran’s war machine that are symmetrical with ours will just be the start of the war. Those weren’t the parts of Iran that grieved us to begin with.
Iran won’t do anything with their own conventional forces. They know they would get ripped.
But it is questionable what level of control they have over their Proxies. So we might see some strikes against our bases by those folks. I have heard that Iran is pretty good at cyber hacking. So I believe that we might see a rise in cyber attacks on us and our allies.