Fred Flights

Iranian government had multiple opportunities, multiple off-ramps to avoid this.

President Trump gave them 60 days last year to negotiate a deal.

They played for time, tried to manipulate the talks like they've done with numerous Republican and Democratic presidents.

But this president is different.

When he sets an ultimatum, he means it.

He said in May he wanted peace through strength and commerce.

With Iran, with China, with Russia, with North Korea, the Iranians ignored him.

And then the ceasefire last June that Trump negotiated, the Israelis did not want to agree to that.

They wanted to keep attacking Iran.

But Trump gave Iran an opportunity then.

What did it do?

It proceeded throughout the summer, throughout the beginning of this year to rebuild its nuclear power.

program to rebuild its missiles then he started talks again this year the iranians also try to manipulate them so critics of this attack on the right left should realize military force was not president trump's first choice and when other states try to game us when they ignore ultimatums and if we go along with that we undermine american credibility on the world stage

I mean, obviously the world was appalled when tens of thousands of Iranians were killed by the Iranian regime.

And many, many more were maimed.

Iranian security forces were shooting at protesters in the eyes to blind them.

It was appalling.

And the crackdown has continued since that time.

I think the president was really outraged by that.

He wanted that to stop.