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President Trump comments on US killing Iran’s Soleimani
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Statement from Palm Beach, FL… the new Capital of USA? 🙂
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If you’ve ever worked in Palm Beach you’d know there’s more truth to that statement than humor. The Hamptons South.
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Trump does DRONE STRIKES much better than Obama… quality, not quantity is the key.
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Also I am pretty sure this guy was not an American citizen so that’s a big plus.
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Trump’s not asking the Imams whom he can hit.
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The NEGATIVE comments by the Democrat leaders and the Media and all the left are VERY disappointing to see. Even if people do not like Trump… when the US is engaged in Military action it is a time to show SUPPORT for the President… at the very least to just stay quiet.
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They put forth efforts to forget that the Mad Mollos began the ordering the killing of Americans since 1979,
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Iran: We kill people in the name of Allah, so what we do is justified!
President Trump: *sharp right hook to terrorists*
Iran: Not fair!! 😮😮😮
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Nothing is more satisfying than watching bullies get a taste of their own medicine.
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Aww, you mean Iran FINALLY had to pay for meddling in the rest of the Middle East and supporting terrorists? Say it ain’t so. 🙄
All sarcasm aside, I’m so glad to have a President who isn’t afraid to hit back at that nest of vipers. Even indirectly.
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Shouldn’t we be able to veto it?
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Live: Trump speaks at Evangelical coalition event in Miami
Happening Now- President Trump is expected to speak at an “Evangelicals for Trump” coalition event in Miami, Florida. This will be the president’s first time speaking since U.S. airstrikes killed Iran’s major general Qasem Soleimani.
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Mexican President Calls for Julian Assange to be Released From UK Prison
https://www.voanews.com/americas/mexican-president-calls-julian-assange-be-released-uk-prison
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For those who insist that Congress must approve of an action like what they call the “assassination” of General Soleimani, these are the powers granted to the President.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to declare war. The President, meanwhile, derives the power to direct the military at all times, whether or not there is a formal declaration of war, from Article II, Section 2, which names the President Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The President’s constitutional powers are quite broad in the context of limited military action. Additionally, courts have long upheld the President’s right to be the sole voice of the nation, in charge of conducting our foreign policy. In general, constitutional powers are not so much separated as “linked and sequenced”; Congress’s control over the armed forces is structured by appropriation and provision, while the President commands all military forces.
However, the War Powers Act statutorily supplements the war powers delineated in the Constitution.
The War Powers Act, which Congress designed to limit a President’s power to commit U.S. troops to combat, was passed as a Joint Resolution in 1973. The Act concedes that the commander-in-chief role gives the President power to repel attacks against the United States and makes the President responsible for leading the armed forces. It provides that the President can send the armed forces into action abroad only by declaration of war by Congress, “statutory authorization,” or in case of “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.” It also requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, without a Congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) or a declaration of war. It must be noted, though, that no Administration of either political party has agreed that the War Powers Act is constitutional. Instead, rather than formally “complying with” the provisions of the Act (which would imply agreement with the Act’s legality), all Administrations state instead that they are acting “consistent with” the Act’s provisions (which implies that they are acting as they do because they freely choose to do so, not because they are compelled to do so).
In short, here are the President’s powers as Commander in Chief:
He can order U.S. forces into military action if, in his judgment, the safety or strategic interests of the United States are threatened. Period.
He must inform Congress of these actions within 48 hours of the event.
The troops cannot be committed for more than 60 days, without Congressional approval. He may use an additional 30 days to re-deploy the troops.
Until a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) is passed by Congress, our last three presidents have all used the AUMF passed after 9/11/2001 as broad permission to fight all terror groups and acts of terror, anywhere in the world.
https://aclj.org/national-security/what-powers-does-the-president-have-to-take-military-action-without-congressional-approval
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I’m trying to remember, want this used when O was president to justify some military action?
He violated the Constitution so many times I had trouble keeping up.
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Honestly, I do not remember 0bama justifying anything and I do not remember anyone in Congress asking for justification.
The main irritant for me was Libya.
The Islamic League or whatever they call it gave the UN (30%) an authorization to do get rid of Kadaffi. The UN tells NATO (70%) to get rid of Kadaffi. The 2 percentages are the amount of US participation in the 2 above-mentioned organizations. When NATO moved against Libya the US bore 70% of the costs and supplied % of the military effort. Keep in mind that the US has not bought Libyan oil or decades.
What was Kadaffi doing that 0bama felt he needed to be removed? Kadaffi was battling Al Qaeda terrs, some of the same terrorists that we were fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why did 0bama see fit to align with al Qaeda to get rid of someone who was not a problem? Kadaffi was slowly cleaning up his act.
Kadaffi had an ongoing nuclear program when we invaded Iraq. Kadaffi decided he like his job and told the US & UK about his nuke program and asked them to remove it. It took two years but the UK and US secretly got it out.
As you know, I considered 0bama to be an Illegal Alien. That said, if he had decided that Kadaffi needed removal, I would have supported a US effort to remove him.
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I have another comment lost in here someplace. Here is a comment I made for another group concerning Libya. It is related to anyone questioning 0bama.
Here goes,
I am going to need help with this one. But first I need to digress a bit.
In 2011, the Islamic League or whatever they call themselves gave the UN permission to remove Khadaffi. The UN told NATO to remove Khaddaffi. Enter the US which is 70% of NATO. 0bama orders in the US military without even notifying Congress. We get rid of K which only benefits Al Qaeda who was also trying to get rid of K, the same al Qaeda that we were fighting in Afghanistan. The US was not using Libyan oil then or now.
Fast Forward to the Present.
The UN backs the Libyan govt, along with Qatar, Turkey (NATO)is about to enter on this side, Italy (NATO) also backs the govt.
France (NATO) backs the rebel leader. Russia backs the rebel leader. Egypt and Saudia Arabis support the rebel leader.
France and Russia have veto power of UN actions oppose the UN-recognized govt in Libya. The US has UN veto power even though we are observing.
The EU encourages refugees and forces EU members to accept them. France & Italy are the EU. I am not sure about Turkey, they may be on the waiting list.
Is this where I get to ask WTH is going on here?
I have not seen anything this screwed up since Europe prior to WWI. I can elaborate upon request.
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Exactly what I was going to say, Trump’s acting in his capacity as CinC in a military action. Can you imagine the sheer confusion if Congress were to have to make an important decision quickly?
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I could tolerate the confusion, except nothing would ever be done.
What bothers me is the fact that some of the Democrats would warn the terrorists.
Which is what I believe happened in the raid into Yemen early in the Trump administration.
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I’d argue that some of the Democrats are terrorists.
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I would agree.
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Looks like US got a few more….
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1213232947450580992
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1213233277831655426
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Air strikes target Iraqi militia convoy north of Baghdad, killing six people, an Iraqi army source says
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Iraqi official sources confirm the assasination of Shibl al-Zaydi
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Israeli Jets reported in Syria…. I guess this could be them, not USA??
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Could be, Israel’s made hundreds of airstrikes there as they have the Iranian proxy groups and that new Afghani battalion on the Golan to deal with. They have to keep the Iranian missile supply train buggered while keeping the other Islamic vultures at bay.
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LIVE UPDATES (soon)
New Baghdad Airstrike – LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE (6 Reported Killed)
Scheduled for Jan 3, 2020
Agenda-Free TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy6mMHwLvDw
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It’s beginning to look like we’re realigning the Popular Mobilization Front (PMF) by cutting off the Shiite heads of the Shia militia groups in it. Sure Soleimani was sauteed but al-Muhandis, head of the PMF was toasted to a golden crisp too. It’s said that in the order of threat to the situation in Iraq Muhandis was a more immediate issue than was Soleimani and much harder to replace.
Now we hear that Shubul al-Zaidi, commander of the al-Quds-connected Imam Ali Brigades component of the PMF and heavily thought to be al-Muhandis’ successor is roasted to a turn, makes me wonder which of the remaining six Shiite heads of the PMF will be tossed on the barbie.
Iraq (with help) formed the PMF with a Sunni and a Shiite component to fight ISIS but it appears now that the ISIS threat is gone that the heavily-connected-to-Iran Shiite groups may be conspiring with Iran to do the dirty in Iraq. Looks like we’re cleaning up the Shiite we don’t need and is starting to stink up the place.
Stay tuned, sports fans, to see who rockets to the number one slot in the DoD hit list!
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Thank you Czar.
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Thank the guys who’re pushing the buttons.
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight, I posted about Soleimani’s dirt nap on Face Book and some nutter whined about citizen Trump’s tweet about Obama starting a war with Iran 🤓.
I’m going to paraphrase your information and post it on the time line. I already left them scratching their heads because I mentioned Maryam Rajavi and Persians.
Idiots.
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We have been at war with Iran to one degree or another since the Ayatollah took over the US embassy in Tehran and blew up the Marine barracks in Beirut. How much #$@%& ‘at war’ can we be?
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Agreed.
Goof on FB just told me that President Trump killed that poor Soleimani to distract from impeachment. Normally I never engage folks of FB but I am annoyed with other things today so I’m poking the ignorant right back.
She’s fighting like a typical liberal throwing out all kinds of trash hoping that something will stick to the wall or that the volume of her nonsense will wear me down, too bad for her I can easily knock everything down that she says factually and calmly, Waiting to be told I’m a $(%*&@ and to (*$_(@* off.
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I think that if Trump wanted to detract from impeachment he’d have ordered a drone strike on Pelosi…Schiff…Schumer…
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I may just say that. She has gone silent. Meh…I know I shouldn’t;t even argue with people so ignorant but she made it her business to snot off on my time line so meh…
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Every now and the the goat needs poking.
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That Hellfire has a tendency to do that, it was originally designed to take out the heavily armored Russian Main Battle Tanks with one hit. The warhead’s been significantly upgraded with more BOOM! since then.
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https://twitter.com/DavidADaoud/status/1213246660706484226
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On this day….. Trump settles all family business!
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Keep the oil!
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Shubul al-Zaidi – leader of the Imam Ali Brigades
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But the late Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was the operations commander.
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2015: “Obama likes Soleimani, and admires his work,” says Arab Muslim countries should be “more like Iran”
January 3, 2020 12:00 PM By Robert Spencer
As always, on the side of America’s enemies. Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of numerous Americans. That makes him a “revered” figure to the Leftist establishment.
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/01/2015-obama-likes-soleimani
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OK, things I’m going to look for:Soleimani met with other PMF leaders and they agreed they’d be a factor in the upcoming Iraqi elections…no official word on how they’d be a factor though. All of the Shia units in the PMF have close ties to Iran with three being IRG connected.
Iraqi officials are reporting that they were informed of the attacks but the US pushed the issue and the Iraqi government relented. Now to me that sounds fishy, I’m wondering if the Iraqi government knew the Shia units in the PMF were going to be a problem and complained loudly as a CYA maneuver. If they were really REALLY against it there were ways to have blunted the US effort but…
So far we’ve had the PMF commander, Soleimani, and the head of the Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kat’ib al-Imam Ali, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis confirmed dead.
That leaves:
Abu Ja’afar’ Ahmed al-Asadi, head of the Kat’ib al-Imam (also connected to the late al-Muhandis)
Quais al-Khazali, head of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq
Hadi al-Imiri, head of the Badr Organization (among the protestors at the US Compound)
Abu Mustafa al-Shebani & Abu Ala al-Walai, principals in the Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Arkam al-Kaabi, head of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Let’s see how many of the remaining heads either turn up dead, resign or have an epiphany. These guys have regular names and their ‘war names’ so they may be reported under either handle but they was all up to no good with some being nogooder than others. I still believe that Soleimani was there to coordinate violent actions with these groups, again some have direct and known IRG connections while all are beholding to Iran. Let’s see what shakes out.
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Sorry if this is bumpy reading but I was half asleep and leaning towards bed. The Shia component of the PMF seems to have morphed from a Iraqi government asset to an Iranian government 5th column.
The Shia units were already Iranian-leaning to some degree, some directly allied with the ARG (note the Hezbollah in their names) but made a pact-of-necessity with the Sunni units as ISIS was a threat to them all. It benefitted the Shia units, not only by eliminating ISIS but giving them heavy combat experience and access to lots and lots of military materials, something Iran could use to destabilize Iraq.
The Ayatollah created the IRG to protect the regime and export the Shia Moslem revolution and Iraq’s been a primary target and Iran controlling Iraq would be a major strategic gain for Iran and a major blow to the stability in the Mideast – especially to the Saudis.
The PMF has already said it was going to be a factor in the upcoming national elections and the meeting with Soleimani was undoubtedly an ‘up to no good’ one, to have an Iranian official of his status and position there to meet PMF leaders is a huge red flag. I’m betting that there were high-level discussions by all concerned, regardless of what the press is, and it was agreed that the heads or selected heads of the PMF have to go. I’m not sure of how long they knew about Soleimani being there but their whacking him was perhaps a bigger coup than getting the PMF folks.
I also find it strange that there are ‘spontaneous’ demonstrations against Trump’s whacking Soleimani planned for all over the US today. I’d like to know who’s at the bottom of this spontaneity, is it US Moslem booster organizations alone or have they paired with Democratic activities? It really bugs me that the MSM’s not reporting on this as ‘objectively’ as they would were Obama to have ordered the hit and I’m waiting to see how they cover the ‘spontaneous displays of outrage by the common citizens opposed to the gratuitous murder of political figures’.
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