But the Middle East went only 25 days before testing a new American President by attacking an American facility there at the host government’s request.
Most important (& welcome) aspects of US retaliatory strike vs Iranian-backed militia in Syria is it signals Iran that 1) US will not shy away from using military force when warranted & 2) Biden admin will not be deterred by its desire to reach agreement on nuclear issue.
2) Responses from Shia militant supporters downplaying strikes. One outlet claims strikes hit “unoccupied (empty) structure,” resulting in “one person martyred and…light injuries.” Calls news of significant destruction “wishful thinking” of their enemies.https://t.co/Oxjjzq2bCw
I crossed this “border control point” from #Iraq to #syria several times over the last few years, nothing there but small facilities for one or two fighters from Kait’ib Hezbollah and Sayyid al-Shuhada
All there bases are a few kilometers inside Syria.https://t.co/3CPK08FiLm
Biden: Airstrike against facilities tied to an Iranian-backed militia group in Syria was meant to warn Iran that it "can't act with impunity." https://t.co/V9rU724Nzt axios
The alternative is to keep using the Iraq AUMF until judgement day. If it is to be an issue, better now while the extent of Executive Powers can be discussed.
Watch CPAC 2021 for why I don't particularly want to go all unity and traditional Constitution at this point in time. It took Obama a year of painful coalition building and fighting to beat back ISIS. Trump reversed the effort in on quick backroom deal with Erdogan and Putin, while the Republican Congress (+ NRA annex) entertained Martina Butina for a year or two, a major security infringement. I'll take my chances on Joe for now.
A while ago, a plugged-in progressive told me they foresaw more conflict in the years ahead between progressives and President Biden over foreign policy than domestic policy. https://t.co/jHW7OSPiDz
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by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:42am
Missed me, missed me, now you've got to kiss me?
by moat on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 8:15am
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 6:11pm
Dems push to return war powers to Congress so gun nut riot fans can fuck it up. 50-50 balance - what could go wrong? (besides say Joe Mnachin)
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 6:42pm
The alternative is to keep using the Iraq AUMF until judgement day. If it is to be an issue, better now while the extent of Executive Powers can be discussed.
by moat on Fri, 02/26/2021 - 7:19pm
How bout kick it down the road 2 years?
Watch CPAC 2021 for why I don't particularly want to go all unity and traditional Constitution at this point in time. It took Obama a year of painful coalition building and fighting to beat back ISIS. Trump reversed the effort in on quick backroom deal with Erdogan and Putin, while the Republican Congress (+ NRA annex) entertained Martina Butina for a year or two, a major security infringement. I'll take my chances on Joe for now.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 1:59am
Bernie:
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/27/2021 - 4:16pm