Ohmar, Lee, Kaine, announce war powers resolution to prevent war with Iran

[Sparko]

Visiting diplomat, there for peace.

[seer]

he was visiting as a diplomat. He had a scheduled diplomatic meeting that morning with the iraqi prime minister, who says the topic of the meeting was to be saudi proposal to de-escalate tensions in the region. That's why everyone knew where this guy would be and when (it was published in the nyt before the attack that he was going to be flying into the airport that day).

Right!

the revolutionary guards commander instructed his top ally in iraq, abu mahdi al-muhandis, and other powerful militia leaders to step up attacks on u.s. Targets in the country using sophisticated new weapons provided by iran, two militia commanders and two security sources briefed on the gathering told reuters.

. The two men died in air strikes on their convoy at a baghdad airport as they headed to the capital, dealing a major blow to the islamic republic and the iraqi paramilitary groups it support

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-i...-iduskbn1z301z

[Starlight]

Visiting diplomat, there for peace.

Are you calling the Iraqi Prime Minister a liar?

He said that's what his meeting with Suleimani on the morning of the assassination was going to be about.

[Starlight]

Right!

Seer you are so gullible I feel embarrassed for you. Unnamed sources telling the media that the guy was Totally A Bad Guy who was Totally Going To Do Bad Stuff, and you take that seriously? How do you make it to the end of each day without being conned out of all your money?

[rogue06]

Would you characterize North Korea's weapons potential as increased, decreased, or the same compared to when Trump started negotiating with them?

Hard to tell. What we do know is that they stopped nuclear testing and haven't launched any missiles toward Japan or Guam.

[rogue06]

Joe Lieberman (Al Gore's running mate in 2000) was on Cavuto where he said that "if a president decides to take action like this he doesn't have to tell the country, the world or have a vote in Congress."

[rogue06]

Seer you are so gullible I feel embarrassed for you. Unnamed sources telling the media that the guy was Totally A Bad Guy who was Totally Going To Do Bad Stuff, and you take that seriously? How do you make it to the end of each day without being conned out of all your money?

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[Starlight]

Joe Lieberman (Al Gore's running mate in 2000) was on Cavuto where he said that "if a president decides to take action like this he doesn't have to tell the country, the world or have a vote in Congress."

What an idiot. Kinda makes me glad he didn't win, until I remember that him not winning is what got the US into the current 16-year long quagmire in Iraq.

[Starlight]

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Is that the best you can do? That's kinda sad.

I'm not a democrat, and if your IQ is so low that you don't believe Iran is ever capable of doing anything good then I'm sorry for you.

[rogue06]

No credit to the military personnel who actually carried out the strike huh? I thought you guys liked to thump your chests and pretend to be pro-military? Seems to me you just like getting them killed by advocating for endless wars for them to die in.

The point that sailed miles over your head is that the success of these missions relied on secrecy and given the nature of the Democrats in Congress the plans would likely have been on the front page of the New York Times

Instead of attributing success to a competent military and brave personnel you attribute success to breaking the law. Trump is legally required to inform congress of such actions. Guess you're not for rule of law either huh? It's kinda sad how few principles you guys have and how many of your pretend ones you gleefully sacrifice in order to kill a few more people. It's hilarious you actually believe you are Christians.

Please note the my post citing Joe Lieberman who would know a thing or two about that.

[rogue06]

What an idiot. Kinda makes me glad he didn't win, until I remember that him not winning is what got the US into the current 16-year long quagmire in Iraq.

Regardless of your feelings he is correct.

[Starlight]

The point that sailed miles over your head is that the success of these missions relied on secrecy

"secrecy"

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and given the nature of the Democrats in Congress the plans would likely have been on the front page of the New York Times

You're a complete lunatic. You're just asserting that the top congresspeople who have been getting classified briefings for years, would randomly just go out and break the law by leaking a key state secret. And basic on nothing except your own lack of braincells.

[NorrinRadd]

Since the United States carried out an airstrike last week that killed Iranian terrorist Qasem Soleimani, Democrats have repeatedly taken issue with the fact that the Trump administration didn't ask for Congressional approval. President Barack Obama's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson completely debunked that notion during a Sunday morning interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press."

"If you believe everything our government is saying about General Soleimani, he was a lawful military objective and the president, under his Constitutional authority as commander-in-chief, had ample domestic legal authority to take him out without additional Congressional authorization," Johnson explained. "Whether he was a terrorist or a general in a military force that was engaged in armed attacks against our people, he was a lawful military objective."

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethba...lling-n2558967

I note this part: "If you believe everything our government is saying about General Soleimani, ..."

Given the various "issues" we've observed with some of our intel agencies over the past months, years, decades, I do have some concerns about this. But there really is no other source of info for POTUS to rely on when making such decisions.

[lilpixieofterror]

Are you calling the Iraqi Prime Minister a liar?

He said that's what his meeting with Suleimani on the morning of the assassination was going to be about.

This coming from the same people that have spent months calling the President of the Ukraine, a liar.

[lilpixieofterror]

Joe Lieberman (Al Gore's running mate in 2000) was on Cavuto where he said that "if a president decides to take action like this he doesn't have to tell the country, the world or have a vote in Congress."

For fun, I ran across this video clip taken back in 1996:

https://www.mrctv.org/videos/biden-9...ms-appropriate