I’m pretty confident our people will be removed from the embassy without bloodshed if that is our goal.
If our goal is something different then 100 marines is not enough.
Trump is being forced to make a decision to either escalate or withdraw. Either move will be criticized, especially withdrawing because after 17 years we have nothing to gain.
Your post and MacArthur’s statement about politicians and the MIC being more afraid of not having a war than having one was quite true.