atlkvb said:

I was talking about during their war with Iraq. Read better.

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atlkvb said:

OK correct, I got my chronology screwed up on that one. My point is Iran was not the issue then like you were suggesting. In fact, they were our ally!

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atlkvb said:

1993 and 1998 were prior to Iraq invading Kuwait. Prior to that they were at war with Iran and we actually supported Iran during that conflict! Clinton was in charge during those years, and he refused to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions as far back as 1993 when he was offered a chance to.

After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 2001 and threatened to seize their oil fields as well as cut off all international shipping in the Straight of Hormuz (similar to Iran's current threat) that's when we stepped in to protect world oil supplies and our strategic interests in the region.

None of those actions involved us dealing with the Iranian leadership threatening the region with nuclear holocaust, particularly their pledge to "wipe our major ally Israel off the face of the earth". Trump said 10 years ago Iran can never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon for that reason, and their implied threat to do the same to us because of our strong support for Israel.

You are mixing apples and oranges in your chronology while worrying over an action Trunp took against Iran that should be no surprise based on his long stated policy objectives against Iran threatening the region by acquiring Nukes.

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bornaneer said:

Dems suddenly outraged over presidential war powers.

Democrats in Washington are again talking impeachment. Politicians and pundits are expressing outrage over President Donald Trump attacking Iran without a prior authorization of Congress. Democrat politicians are "shocked, shocked" that Trump is using the authority that they accepted in Democratic predecessors. Fourteen years ago this week, President Barack Obama attacked Libya WITH OUT prior authorization of Congress. Democrats supported the action.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was critical of Trump's actions.
"The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X. "He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.
"It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment."

Chuck Schumer insisted that "no president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as consequential as war with erratic threats and no strategy." Low IQ House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has issued a similar statement.
Schumer is the same politician who was supportive in earlier unilateral attacks by Democratic presidents. In 2011, Obama approved a massive military campaign against Libya.

Democrats were supportive when Clinton launched cruise missile attacks, without a prior authorization of Congress, under Operation Infinite Reach on two continents on August 20, 1998. He ordered attacks in locations in Khartoum, Sudan, and Khost Province, Afghanistan.

Democrats are applying a different set of rules for impeaching Trump than any of his predecessors. Trump can cite both history and case law in allowing presidents to take such actions

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MountaineerWV said:

Why not? Because the article I read only had those. Pretty simple, actually.

Again, I'm not at all upset over the air strikes. Bring on more!

We should all be fearful of a response. Because if it's like last time, they won't target the politicians, they will target us.....the civilians.

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Gunny46 said:

So you think stalking customers is ok? Seems a little radical.

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atlkvb said:

You went "fishing" for ad many other quoted you could find from folks (mostly Repiblicans) who were critical of Trump's decision. You didn't post all the Democrat opposition, or any of them calling to impeach Trump. You only posted the opposition coming from the GOP


You also could have posted the near unanimous Congressional support among Republicans he's receiving. You could have posted polls showing more than half of Americans support action taking Nukes away from the radical leadership.


You have not said you oppose the action, but you are not posting your support of it either. Now you're suddey so "concerned" about how Iran will respond, but I didn't read one "concerned" post from you while the previous administration was shipping literally billions to them during the past 4 years that essentially funded their ongoing nuclear program and terrorist activities against our troops or allies in the region.

Why not?

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