Trump said Iran will pay...no bluff

[davsel]

FLASHBACK

https://www.hudson.org/research/1143...utgR5_QU_ahTIo

Obama Strikes a Deal--With Qassem Suleimani
Lee Smith
July 14, 2015
Weekly Standard Online

According to the terms of the Iran deal announced in Vienna on Tuesday, U.N. Security Council sanctions regarding nuclear-related issues will be lifted on a number of entities and individuals?from Iranian banks to Lebanese assassins, like Anis Nacacche. The name that most sticks out is IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani. Administration officials counsel calm, and explain that Suleimani is still on the U.S. terror list and will remain on the terror list. But that?s irrelevant. The reality is that Suleimani is the key to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

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The administration argues that Tehran will spend most of the money from sanctions relief on rescuing the economy, or fixing street lamps and potholes, and not so much on terrorism and other foreign adventures. But there can be no similar argument about buying and selling and smuggling arms since ending the embargo can only help the hardliners. Combining the two?tens of billions of dollars in immediate sanctions relief and an end to the embargo?is like loading a gun and handing it over to Qassem Suleimani. And that?s precisely what Obama intended: The way he sees it, he?s arming an American ally.

[davsel]

FLASHBACK

The last time Iran poked at a President with a pair, it did not work out well for them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis

[Gman]

The Democrats still can't get on-board with the country and are whining about how this was handled. I guess they just can't stand not being able to control the entire government.

[Aloha_Shooter]

LOL. Iran calling it an act of war when they've been waging active war against us in the region for over a decade. It's about time they got their noses rubbed in it.

[Gman]

Add Rand Paul to the jackwagons complaining about how this was handled. Suleimani was a known terrorist, and demanding that the President should have obtained a declaration of war from Congress is utter stupidity.

Do they really want us to engage in a full-scale war with the nation of Iran to remove individual terrorists that are targeting and killing Americans outside of Iran?

The time-sensitive action was taken to stop an "imminent attack". Would they prefer that Americans die and then Congress can give approval for action? That is insanity.

[SouthPaw]

[Justin]

Add Rand Paul to the jackwagons complaining about how this was handled. Suleimani was a known terrorist, and demanding that the President should have obtained a declaration of war from Congress is utter stupidity.

Do they really want us to engage in a full-scale war with the nation of Iran to remove individual terrorists that are targeting and killing Americans outside of Iran?

The time-sensitive action was taken to stop an "imminent attack". Would they prefer that Americans die and then Congress can give approval for action? That is insanity.

Rand Paul is a libertarian and a strict constructionist. Being upset that the president didn't seek a formal Declaration of War is pretty much completely within his wheelhouse.

[Bailey Guns]

Maybe... But are we really at war now with Iran? Does the president need to declare war, and get congressional approval, every time he uses the military?

[Justin]

In this day and age, none of that stuff applies, and almost no one cares at all. For better or worse, it's a complete non-issue.

[Gman]

I don't buy the 'strict constructionist' argument for Rand Paul. Did this country get a declaration of war to go after the Barbary Pirates?