Ronald Reagan dealt with Iran quite well during Operation Earnest Will, protecting Kuwaiti reflagged oil tankers from Iran:
Operation Nimble Archer in 1987 after a missile attack on MV Sea Isle City, a Kuwaiti reflagged oil tanker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nimble_Archer
Destroyed two Iranian oil platforms.
Operation Praying Mantis in 1988 after an Iranian vessel laid mines in the path of the USS Roberts, a guided missile frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis
Destroyed two more Iranian oil platforms, sank three Iranian warships, a number of armed boats and downed two fighter jets.
Iran STFU for quite some time after those two events. The second one got Iran's undivided attention.
Contrast this with the current U.S. response. Reagan didn't wait for repeated attacks to occur. Shooting down missiles and drones is moronically stupid, Telling them to stop it with a vigorously wagging forefinger and the other arm akimbo on a hip while tapping your foot does nothing. You destroy Iran's capability to manufacture the missiles and drones, plus their ability to continue work on making a nuke. Then you destroy their ability to track shipping and provide information about ships in the Red Sea with weapons to proxies in the region. Then annihilate the proxies that have been launching the missiles and drones, including incinerating ALL the Houthis in Yemen. Every last one of them. Iran has been using some of their naval ships to track shipping in the region. They belong at the bottom of the ocean.
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have threatened Biden with having their constituents turn their backs on him and staying home on voting day if he doesn't appease Hamas and Hezbollah, quit the air strikes on the Houthis, and force Israel to leave Gaza.
Operation Nimble Archer in 1987 after a missile attack on MV Sea Isle City, a Kuwaiti reflagged oil tanker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nimble_Archer
Destroyed two Iranian oil platforms.
Operation Praying Mantis in 1988 after an Iranian vessel laid mines in the path of the USS Roberts, a guided missile frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis
Destroyed two more Iranian oil platforms, sank three Iranian warships, a number of armed boats and downed two fighter jets.
Iran STFU for quite some time after those two events. The second one got Iran's undivided attention.
Contrast this with the current U.S. response. Reagan didn't wait for repeated attacks to occur. Shooting down missiles and drones is moronically stupid, Telling them to stop it with a vigorously wagging forefinger and the other arm akimbo on a hip while tapping your foot does nothing. You destroy Iran's capability to manufacture the missiles and drones, plus their ability to continue work on making a nuke. Then you destroy their ability to track shipping and provide information about ships in the Red Sea with weapons to proxies in the region. Then annihilate the proxies that have been launching the missiles and drones, including incinerating ALL the Houthis in Yemen. Every last one of them. Iran has been using some of their naval ships to track shipping in the region. They belong at the bottom of the ocean.
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have threatened Biden with having their constituents turn their backs on him and staying home on voting day if he doesn't appease Hamas and Hezbollah, quit the air strikes on the Houthis, and force Israel to leave Gaza.
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