I genuinely hate the gay bullshit of "We're gonna bomb you, kill your generals, and try and starve your people with sanctions but if even a single fighter jet or ship of ours gets retaliated against, you've awoken the beast and we will declare war"

Its like slapping somebody in the face multiple times and then when they finally punch you back you pull out a gun and claim self defense. Isreal does this constantly, and America does this sometimes too.
They don't even have to false flag. Just drop bombs once or twice a year until the other country gets pissed and sinks a boat and then BAM, media spins it as America "defending the nation or our allies"

Watch. News coverage will talk about the bombings, but specifically word it like America is NOT at war, then when some Iraq base gets hit suddenly its "unprovoked attack on american troops"