Nicholas Kristo said something interesting in his New York Times column:
"Suppose Iran dispatched operatives to Mexico, where, from the Texas border, they fired a missile at an American base and, unintentionally but carelessly, demolished a nearby American school, killing 175 people.
What if they then blew up fuel depots, showering a chemical rain on residents? Then struck homes, schools and clinics, as Iran’s leader warned that “death, fire and fury” would so pulverize America that it could never be rebuilt?
In that case, President Trump — and all of us — would howl at outrageous attacks on innocent civilians. And we’d be right."