He just went and started a war with Iran because Bibi told him to.
Now, c'mon, skye, we both know no one really knows that, so don't try to hit me with that unless you actually have the proof. Maybe ten people in this world really KNOW the actual seeds of this war. Yeah, it helped Netanyahu out a lot, but Israel sure contributed a lot (the kind of help I would have hoped had freely come from our NATO Allies) I would bet that he has paid or made promise to pay the USA back big time for this help in the future too, meantime, all indicators are that Iran was smokin' for a fight, loaded for bear, and had we waited much longer, we might never have been able to topple these bastards off balance! Look at what the bastards are doing now to their neighbors and the entire region.
This war violates both U.S. domestic and international law.
OK... which ones. Name one.
The Constitution is very clear that only Congress, not the president, has the power to declare war.
What war? Trump has declared no war. We are under no attack nor do we have combat troops anywhere in Iran. He was strictly acting according to the War Powers Act of 1973 which IS the law written into law by Congress.
Trump did not even consult with Congress, let alone rely on a congressional declaration of war before launching one against Iran.
OK. Sure. So what? What's the beef? What does it /personally/ cost you? First of all, he does not need to consult with Congress under the War Powers Act, and we both know that had he done so, democrats would have leaked it to Iran, and Trump could not have come in and decapitated the top 50 governmental, military and scientific leaders of the country the first day. And unlike Iraq, this was not an international coalition effort, so did not need to involve the UN.
Yeah, I get it, no one wants nor was expecting war. War is expensive, war is misery and death. War is something to be avoided, by all except apparently these leaders in Iran who are hell bent on seeking war because they are doing everything to GET a war and nothing to avoid a war! And Iran has been COUNTING on your abhorrence of war in order to win hoping you'd back down first. All they need to do is hunker down until you people get disgusted, give up and go away. But far better we do this now than face another 9/11, or even worse, a nuclear 9/11.
If Trump were to back out now, it would be far worse than had he done nothing at all, so we are committed, if we cannot defeat Iran and defuse their terroristic proclivities, we will be the laughing jackasses. No one will ever take America serious again. And just think, if Trump gets Iran's ducks in order, settles the M.E. down, he will go into the Pantheon of Presidents.
Skye, I love you, but think; I know you've been hammered for your views but it is a moot point now. We HAVE to make Iran kowtow to our demands of nuclear disarmament and and end to all militarization of the public waterways of the Strait which they have clearly spent many years militarizing.
An 'Illegal' war? Think--- how is ANY war ever "legal?" A country can write its laws any way it wants to justify, legalize, or criminalize anything it wants, look what we did to the Indians. This is a legal war. It is legal so long as the government /says/ it is legal, and it will stop being "illegal" the day after it is over and gas prices fall and the economy goes back to normal.
ITMT, this trip to China will be very telling. What REALLY matters in all of this will be whether President Trump can actually somehow parley his way through this and wheel and deal the USA into a much stronger position while at the same time dealing China some serious setbacks.
Like it or not, Trump is fighting for the long-term viability of this country, not a year down the road or even 5, but maybe 50 or 100.
