Hide and watch, pusscakes.
Posted on 01/03/2020 7:25:18 AM PST by RandFan
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reacted Friday to the U.S.’s deadly airstrike on a top Iranian military commander, stating that it would be “feckless” for the country to wage war against the Islamic regime without Congressional authorization.
“President Trump viscerally understands that the toppling of Saddam Hussein made Iran stronger. Soleimani, like Hussein, was an evil man who ordered the killing of Americans. Yet, the question remains, whether his death will lead to more instability in the Middle East or less,” Paul wrote on Twitter. “The question today is whether the assassination of Soleimani will expand the war to endanger the lives of every American soldier or diplomat in the Middle East?”
“If we are to go to war w/ Iran the Constitution dictates that we declare war. A war without a Congressional declaration is a recipe for feckless intermittent eruptions of violence w/ no clear mission for our soldiers,” the senator added. “Our young men and women in the armed services deserve better.”
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What is Rand Paul’s alternative?
To simply let the status quo exist and pretend that the Iranians aren’t going to continue attacking us?
He's correct, of course. Doesn't mean people here are going to like hearing it.
“If....”
Rand being Rand.
Is stability the correct goal?
When it comes to national defense, Rand and his old man Ron, need to sit on the couch and let the adults take over.
Yes, he’s correct, but who in Congress adheres to our “Constitution?”
Hide and watch, pusscakes.
Calm your tits Paul.
This was a defensive action to prevent future American bloodshed. Not the wholesale slaughter of Iranian troops.
I remember when we first went into Afghanistan .
We are now creeping up on TWENTY YEARS in the biz of “nation-building” in the home of fatalism, illiteracy, boy-humping and heroin production.
It is literally Graveyard of Empires.
Now..?
We going to do it all over again, except with a country the size of Texas with plenty of money, souls and tech.
WHAT happened to America First..?
STFU, Rand... what do YOU know about war? nothing.
Is he calling for a declaration of war on Iran?
So for every military action we need to run by congress a formal declaration of war?
Oh please. People just need to be clear that they are chickens*it over this dude being hit, and stop trying to hide behind the constitution to lodge that position.
I hate to break it to you Rand, but we have been in an “undeclared” war with Iran since 1979.
The was no declaration of war by Congress when the Barbary States attacked US shipping, and the US retaliated. If that’s good enough for a Founding Father, it’s good enough for Trump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War#Declaration_of_war_and_naval_blockade
If the iranian leaders were as pacifist as paul we wouldn’t be having these issues.
When is Congress going to declare war Rand? When?
I thought the USA has been in a declared war with Iran since 1979. Que pasa????
“WHAT happened to America First..?”
“America first” does not mean “let people attack your embassies, and you slink away like a little bitch” so that some people with weak stomachs feel better.
Apparently all the complaining about Benghazi and Hillary was just posturing on this side by some of you. Hell she totally did the right thing, apparently.
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