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Home Front: Politix
Obama passed the buck. Trump refused to play!
2020-01-14
[tabletmag] In the wake of the targeted killing of Iranian terror master Qassem Soleimani, an interesting fight has broken out—after Donald Trump failed to brief them in advance of the strike, Democrats began fulsomely criticizing the president. This led Republican lawmakers to accuse their counterparts across the aisle of pro-terrorist sympathies. Maybe Republicans are still sore that Barack Obama compared them to Iranian hardliners like Soleimani for denouncing his signature foreign policy initiative, the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Or maybe it’s something else.

Because the fact is that the Democrats are not pro-terrorist. They’re simply intent on protecting the historic agreement that legalized the nuclear weapons program of a terror state.

Democratic leadership is angry it wasn’t briefed before the operation, as were some Republican lawmakers critical of the scant information in the White House intelligence briefing on the attack. But there is reason to believe senior Democrats would have leaked it to the press, as they’ve done repeatedly over the last three years to prosecute their anti-Trump campaign. In particular, House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff and his staff have used CNN as a platform to push the discredited Trump-Russia collusion narrative. Why would Democrats endanger U.S. national security by leaking highly classified plans of a major operation against a terror leader? Because Soleimani was the centerpiece of the nuclear deal.
Posted by:3dc

#3  They’re simply intent on protecting the historic agreement that legalized the nuclear weapons program of a terror state.

That is being quite generous. Others would say they are trying to protect their value.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-01-14 12:36  

#2  Because the fact is that the Democrats are not pro-terrorist.

Given the past ten days, they certainly fooled me on that point.
Posted by: Raj   2020-01-14 08:51  

#1  I have noticed leaks have dried up. Much less feeding to the media. Obama squashed social media for government workers. His people wanted to control all the leaks.
Posted by: Dale   2020-01-14 05:14  

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