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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Iran mess is getting worse. Here's Adam Schiff's idea on what to do about it.
By Greg Sargent
Opinion writer
Jan. 6, 2020 at 10:18 a.m. EST
The deliberations that went into President Trumps decision to assassinate Iranian general Qasem Soleimani are looking more slapdash and reckless by the hour. What were now seeing will require House Democrats to make a serious and sustained effort to get to the bottom of it all.
And guess what: We may soon get just such an effort.
Rep. Adam Schiff, the California Democrat who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, told me in an interview that he wants to see the House hold open hearings on multiple aspects of this spiraling situation.
I think there should be open hearings on this subject, Schiff told me. The president has put us on a path where we may be at war with Iran. That requires the Congress to fully engage.
Heres the latest. New reporting has revealed deep internal skepticism over the intelligence underpinning the assassinations stated rationale. Iran just announced it will no longer abide by restrictions in the Iran nuclear agreement, revealing the profound folly of Trumps withdrawal from the deal, given that Iran had previously been complying with it.
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Hell yes!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)full of shit . . .
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)the death warrant of millions. Us included.
babylonsister
(171,074 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)How will that halt drumph?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The articles of impeachment can wait to be referred to the Senate, and the House should devote its attention to the latest atrocity by the Trump administration. You wanted a distraction, tee boy? Well, you got it, in the form of an extended civics lesson about the powers conferred by the Constitution to the various branches of government. It'll be just what you want, Needy Amin: It will be all about you.
Get folks served with subpoenas and compel their attendance. Force the administration to explain itself to the American people or duck even more oversight. We'll let the people see the administration's dodging and they can form their own opinions about why the administration refuses to cooperate with Congress.
fwvinson
(488 posts)We have to jail these MFs till they talk. Get tough Dems.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)2naSalit
(86,650 posts)Unlike the orange shitgibbon, the House will do things according to law and precedent rather than by tweet or belligerent outburst.
I'm sure that this will be forthcoming with all due diligence.
crickets
(25,981 posts)As am I.
ecstatic
(32,712 posts)Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Hand over trump, pence and pompeo to the Iranians.
It's for the good of our country and the thousands who will be killed.
They acted alone.
Towlie
(5,325 posts)Maybe someday Quentin Tarantino will make a movie where the USA comes to its senses and does that.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,183 posts)and shove them out of AF1 over Tehran. Our Emperor-God is such a Master Negotiator I'm sure he'll talk his way out of it in no time, in addition to getting us a great deal on Persian rugs.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Somebody will always cough up what you want to hear.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)There could be suggestions that Iran put money towards helping expose all his crimes and corruption helping oust him , then return everything back to where it was before he took office and lifting sanctions in return, and working towards a much better relationship.
rampartc
(5,416 posts)as well as review the war powers act and the patriot act.
as for the supreme court, it was obviously not the founder's intention for a president to go wild without congressional approval.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)He's flying high now, untethered and unreachable, with an entire political party dedicated to ensuring that no opposing forces can succeed in interfering with his trajectory.
Trump is the Overlord now, and there is nothing to stop him.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)jdl123
(21 posts)I believe this administration had the guy killed to distract the American people from this corrupt administration and impeachment. Don't get me wrong, I don't care about that guy they killed. For every action there is a reaction. Trump doesn't about American lives, only himself. My opinion.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)mopinko
(70,135 posts)and how they got to the resolute desk in the first fucking place.
start there.
stopwastingmymoney
(2,042 posts)How about he brings in a construction crew to refurbish the jail in the Capitol building?
That alone might bring some of them in to talk, if not enough they can always follow through and start arresting people.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)ecstatic
(32,712 posts)We're all sitting ducks here. trump needs to be stopped.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Beartracks
(12,816 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)naked. Maybe tonight he'll have that heart attack he is due for.
PinkTiger
(2,590 posts)He needs to take over on this deal and own the narrative, and push back against T45.
bucolic_frolic
(43,196 posts)Yeah, I could see that would be a subject for Congressional investigation. Shine a little light on that!
zentrum
(9,865 posts).....someday. If we survive.