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Iran Attacks US Drones to Tease Trump

For the Iranians, limiting their strikes to inanimate objects is not a realistic plan.
Iran Attacks US Drones to Tease Trump
President Donald Trump meets with Vice President Mike Pence (R) and Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin at the White House on June 24, 2019, before signing "hard-hitting sanctions" on Iran's supreme leader. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
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Does Iran’s downing of a rather expensive U.S. drone on June 20 signal a new level of aggression by the radical Islamic regime? Perhaps. But in one respect, it also clarifies a few issues.

I say this because U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a new policy regarding Iran and the United States. It’s simple and direct: Any U.S. deaths by Iranian proxies would result in a U.S. military response against Iran. Not just against their proxies, but against Iran itself.
James Gorrie
James Gorrie
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James R. Gorrie is the author of “The China Crisis” (Wiley, 2013) and writes on his blog, TheBananaRepublican.com. He is based in Southern California.
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