The United States on Thursday carried out an airstrike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said were Iran-backed militia, two officials told Reuters, an apparent response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq.
They're judging escalation by the standard of the maximum they can do. Since they killed a few foreigners, when they could have nuked Iran and killed 80 million people, they've deescalated.
"See, if we escalate it as far as it could possibly go, we make it impossible for the situation to escalate any further"
They're judging escalation by the standard of the maximum they can do. Since they killed a few foreigners, when they could have nuked Iran and killed 80 million people, they've deescalated.