And you know this how?
Why does Trump thinks starting a war with Iran will help a president win vote?
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Trump is not only empowered, but required, by the Constituion and his oath to office to take action to prevent an attack on Americans. That is not an act of war. It might lead to war but that in itself is not an act of war.
clairvoyant that way. Or just don't trust liars
https://www.businessinsider.com/pen...an-to-911-justify-killing-of-soleimani-2020-1
Pence incorrectly links Iran to 9/11 while trying to justify America's assassination of the country's top general
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You keep up.
If a murderer leader of a terrorist organization from Iran shows up in Baghdad where we have some level of operational control...they are fair game.
Of course our commanders are under threat of attack. Always. You don’t think they would try and kill them if given the chance?
This is true, but I don't think that congress hasn't made a formal declaration of war since WW2.
After 9/11 Congress passed a resolution authorizing the use of military force against any country associated with Al-Qaeda or the Taliban. This resolution has given Bush, Obama, & Trump the autonomy to do what they want in the Middle East because these groups have ties throughout the entire region. Congress has talked recently about repealing the resolution so that Trump doesn't have the ability to use military force against Iran without their approval, but it hasn't been repealed yet. So theoretically, Trump may not need congressional approval to go to war with Iran.
What was the authorization for Obama and Hillary to attack Libya? Where do I look to find that?
The Libya attack airstrikes were conducted as a NATO Operation. ie. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Which of the NATO member states had been attacked by Libya.
Obama met several times with the UN, Britain, and France to put an air strike operation together for Libya but he never consulted with Congress as required by the War Powers Act. Even the Inspector General for the Department of Defense issued a report saying that the law had been violated. Obama defended it by saying there was no time to do that. So, how is it that he did weeks of consultation and planning with the UN, the Brits, the French but did not have time to consult with Congress?
Note: Trick questions have been employed in this post.
Is there even proof of links to those other than weak allegations? Is Hezbollah included in the resolution?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_and_state-sponsored_terrorism
So what you are saying is that all 26k bombs dropped in 2016 by Obomber were justified.
Because they didn’t kill anyone substantive.
Some civilians. Some kids. Even some Americans! No big deal.
But taking out a major player from a violent theocracy that kills Americans both directly and indirectly...that’s not cool.
You can’t make this shit up.
I guess you were retweeting with upthumbs Rose McGowan’s brilliant comments...
Because they didn’t kill anyone substantive.
Some civilians. Some kids. Even some Americans! No big deal.
But taking out a major player from a violent theocracy that kills Americans both directly and indirectly...that’s not cool.
You can’t make this shit up.
I guess you were retweeting with upthumbs Rose McGowan’s brilliant comments...
Check out this article. There has been strong evidence that there are connections between Al-Qaeda and Iran & their proxies for nearly 30 years. This information comes directly from the 9/11 commission report, State Department reports, and the Obama administration. Obama used the 2001 AUOMF resolution as justification to attack ISIS without congressional approval. I have to assume that Trump could do the same thing with Iran if he chose to.
https://www.vox.com/2019/6/14/18678809/usa-iran-war-aumf-911-trump-pompeo
In late 1991 or 1992, discussions in Sudan between al Qaeda and Iranian operatives led to an informal agreement to cooperate in providing support — even if only training — for actions carried out primarily against Israel and the United States.
Iran’s proxy group in Lebanon, Hezbollah, also helped train al-Qaeda operatives ahead of its 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. In 2003, al-Qaeda killed more than 30 people in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, and the plotters fled to Iran. Eight years later, the Obama administration said there was a "secret deal" between Iran and al-Qaeda “to funnel funds and operatives through its territory.”
From a 2012 State Department report: Iran “allowed AQ [al-Qaeda] members to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iranian territory, enabling AQ to carry funds and move facilitators and operatives to South Asia and elsewhere.”