After President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to take out Iran’s secretive Quds Force commander, Qassem Suleimani, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said the president should have asked for permission from Congress before conducting the airstrike.
“The Administration has conducted tonight’s strikes in Iraq targeting high-level Iranian military officials and killing Iranian Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani without an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iran. Further, this action was taken without the consultation of the Congress,” she said Thursday night in a statement.
She also said “The full Congress must be immediately briefed on this serious situation and on the next steps under consideration by the Administration, including the significant escalation of the deployment of additional troops to the region.”
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Time and time again Congress expects powers and rights they do not have. They reserve the right to issue declarations of war, but not to be briefed on every action that is taken by the commander in chief.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about anyone else but I am sick and tired of this double standard for Republicans and Democrats, liberal and conservative! If you are a liberal Democrat you can do absolutely nothing wrong, Nothing! If you are a conservative Republican don't even sneeze! A grand jury will be formed and you will be charged with using biological warfare against everyone around you! It is quite sickening.
ReplyDeleteOh Yes , he could have Done anything , he is Democrat !!!
ReplyDeleteThey do No Wrong , so they think !!! Never held accountable
Remember that time on tv obammy said he was good at killing people? (meaning drones)
ReplyDeleteActually, I couldn't find anything that showed obammy saying those words on tv other than it was reported he said them on a hot mic that was accidentally left on. It was widely reported tho. He said it to his aides while discussing drone strikes in the Situation Room and in his book, written in 2013 I think.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you might find this interesting:
Among other things, president Barack Obama:
Dropped bombs in 7 countries (all predominantly Muslim).
Sent 3,500 U.S. troops and tanks to Russia's doorstep in one of his final decisions as president.
Ordered ten times more drone strikes than Bush.
Dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016 alone (an average of 72 bombs every day).
Put boots on the ground in Syria , despite 16 times saying "no boots on the ground".
Despite campaign pledges, planned a $1 trillion progam to add more nuclear weapons to the US arsenal in the next 30 years.
Said, “I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being.”
Bragged about his use of drones - I'm "really good at killing people".
Deported a modern-record 2 million immigrants.
Just like Trump, separated immigrant children from their families.
Signed the Monsanto Protection Act into law.
Started a new war in Iraq.
Initiated, and personally oversaw a 'Secret Kill List'.
Pushed for war on Syria while siding with al-Qaeda.
Knowingly Funded a Designated al-Qaeda Affiliate.
Backed neo-Nazis in Ukraine.
Supported Israel's wars and occupation of Palestine.
Deployed Special Ops to 134 countries - compared to 60 under Bush.
Did a TV commercial promoting "clean coal".
Drastically escalated the NSA spying program.
Signed the NDAA into law - making it legal to assassinate Americans w/o charge or trial.
Gave Bush absolute immunity for everything.
Pushed for a TPP Trade Pact.
Started a new war on terror - this one on ISIS.
Signed more executive memoranda than any other president in history.
Transferred more than $100 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, more than any other administration in history.
Signed an agreement for 7 military bases in Colombia.
Levelled cripling sanctions on Venezulea calling them an "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security".
Opened a military base in Chile.
Touted nuclear power , even after the disaster in Japan.
Opened up deepwater oil drilling, even after the BP disaster.
Mandated the Insider Threat Program which orders federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues.
Defended body scans and pat-downs at airports.
Signed the Patriot Act extension into law.
Launched 20,000 Airstrikes in his first term.
Continued Bush's rendition program.
Said the U.S. is the "one indispensable nation" in the world.
Waged war on Libya without congressional approval.
Started a covert, drone war in Yemen.
Escalated the proxy war in Somalia.
Escalated the CIA drone war in Pakistan.
Sharply escalated the war in Afghanistan.
Repealed the Propaganda ban, making it legal to spread government propaganda via news outlets.
Assassinated 4 US citizens with drone strikes.
barack hussein obama / TWO FACED TO THE MAX
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ReplyDeleteBarry was a real darling of the military industrial complex
A Manchurian Candidate so to speak
Raised by CIA mother and grandmother in Indonesia
Good childhood friends with little Timmy Geithner, who's father ran CIA operations for Chase Bank in Indonesia
Married a linebacker from Iowa who told his team mates he felt like a woman trapped inside a man's body
A very interesting version of Adolph Hitler . . . and completely compromised in every way
But that's different. That was Obama.
ReplyDeleteThe Democrat's HERO no matter what he did !!! Traitors !!!
ReplyDeleteHe is Black so he had the Race card to protect him !!!
ReplyDeleteDemocrats have done exactly what they have wanted since 2016 bad loosers lost the election and have played bad games but they have self destructed and everyone with a brain knows it.
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