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2020-01-03 Iraq

Iraqi TV: Iran's Gen. Soleimani killed in Baghdad strike

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 authority to act without congressional approval
1. I don't recall the approval given Bush had an expiration date.
2. I thought Congress did not need to be consulted, just notified within a short period, as long as it was not an ongoing event.
That said, this is going to escalate, probably a lot and in unexpected ways. I hope we had enough intel to know we needed to do this (though, like Germany in the 1930's, it was coming sooner or later, and sooner is probably less bad than later.)

Posted by Glenmore 2020-01-03 02:20|| 2020-01-03 02:20|| Front Page Top

#2 We were in fact waging a proxy war with Iran, except the attacks were all one-sided: them on us.

All this is doing us bringing the fight out into the open -- and unleashing our hugely superior firepower and technology on a foe that relied on his wickedness and willingness to create havoc and slaughter innocents in every country he touches.

Posted by Lex 2020-01-03 02:30|| 2020-01-03 02:30|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't remember Baraq consulting Congress about Libya either. And, of course, if Congress was consulted, it would have leaked.

I'm thinking the Quds general in Baghdad is a clear and present danger to U.S. interests that demanded an immediate response. He was certainly not there for peace talks.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-01-03 10:35|| 2020-01-03 10:35|| Front Page Top

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