Washington 0
21 June 2019

One day after Iran shot down a U.S. drone, President Trump revealed that “we were cocked and loaded to retaliate last night on three different sites when I asked, ‘how many will die?’ “150 people, sir’, was the answer from a General. Ten minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmaned drone”. Trump went on to say that “I am in no hurry, our military is rebuilt, new and ready to go, by far the best in the world. Sanctions are biting and more added last night. Iran can never have nuclear weapons, not against the U.S., and now against the world!”

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