Quotes Of The Day -- "This Dangerous, Unnecessary, And Idiotic Action"

 

“Has President Trump learned nothing from decades of U.S. meddling in Iran and forever wars in the Middle East? Is he too mentally incapacitated to realize that we had a diplomatic agreement with Iran that was keeping its nuclear program in check, until he ripped it up during his first term?

“For months, I have raised hell about the fact that the American people want lower prices, not more war—especially wars that aren’t authorized by Congress, as required by the Constitution, and don’t have a clear objective. These strikes are a colossal mistake, and I pray they do not cost our sons and daughters in uniform and at embassies throughout the region their lives. The Senate should immediately return to session and vote on my War Powers Resolution to block the use of U.S. forces in hostilities against Iran. Every single Senator needs to go on the record about this dangerous, unnecessary, and idiotic action.” --Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) this morning, commenting on the Malignant Fascist's unauthorized attack on Iran.  Of course, that was a rhetorical question Kaine posed in the first sentence.  The Malignant Fascist knows nothing and can learn nothing, and is solely governed by his narcissistic id.

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"Most things in international relations are complicated. This one is not; the war was fully avoidable and President Trump is wholly responsible for failing to avoid it." -- Dr. Robert Farley, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky;  also a founder and contributor to the Lawyers, Guns and Money blog.  

 

Quotes Of The Day-- "A Horrible And Disturbing Signal"

 

"Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress. Trump rejected our Constitutionally required approval process for armed conflict because the Administration knows the American people overwhelmingly reject risks pulling our nation into another war. 

"This strike doesn't represent strength. It's not sound foreign policy. It puts Americans at risk in Venezuela and the region, and it sends a horrible and disturbing signal to other powerful leaders across the globe that targeting a head of state is an acceptable policy for the U.S. government. This will further damage our reputation – already hurt by Trump’s policies around the world – and only isolate us in a time when we need our friends and allies more than ever."  Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ), on the Malignant Fascist's strike on Venezuela earlier this morning.  

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“President Trump’s unauthorized military attack on Venezuela to arrest Maduro—however terrible he is—is a sickening return to a day when the United States asserted the right to dominate the internal political affairs of all nations in the Western Hemisphere. That history is replete with failures, and doubling down on it makes it difficult to make the claim with a straight face that other countries should respect the United States’ sovereignty when we do not do the same.

“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal? To suppress Americans peacefully assembling to protest his policies? Trump has threatened to do all this and more and sees no need to seek legal authorization from people’s elected legislature before putting servicemembers at risk.

“It is long past time for Congress to reassert its critical constitutional role in matters of war, peace, diplomacy and trade. My bipartisan resolution stipulating that we should not be at war with Venezuela absent a clear congressional authorization will come up for a vote next week. We’ve entered the 250th year of American democracy and cannot allow it to devolve into the tyranny that our founders fought to escape.” -- Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The desperation to get the Epstein-Trump files off the front page has now led this malicious clown car regime to engage in an act of war as a further distraction while getting the "benefit" of grabbing a sovereign nation's oil resources.  America's reputation is close to a nadir, and the signal this sends to the world is "might makes right."  You just know the likes of Putin and Xi are just licking their chops at this turn of events.

BONUS:  More reactions from Democratic officials here.

Clip Of The Day: Sen. Tim Kaine

Please take a few moments to watch this interview of Sen. Tim Kaine on yesterday's "CBS This Morning," and see if you don't agree that he's a principled, articulate, outstanding running mate for Hillary Clinton (h/t to dear friend P.E.C.):