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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 11:28 AM Jan 2020

Trump's Iran mess is getting worse. Here's Adam Schiff's idea on what to do about it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/06/adam-schiff-time-open-hearings-trumps-iran-mess/

By Greg Sargent

Opinion writer

Jan. 6, 2020 at 10:18 a.m. EST

The deliberations that went into President Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian general Qasem Soleimani are looking more slapdash and reckless by the hour. What we’re 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.”


Here’s the latest. New reporting has revealed deep internal skepticism over the intelligence underpinning the assassination’s stated rationale. Iran just announced it will no longer abide by restrictions in the Iran nuclear agreement, revealing the profound folly of Trump’s withdrawal from the deal, given that Iran had previously been complying with it.

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Hell yes!
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Trump's Iran mess is getting worse. Here's Adam Schiff's idea on what to do about it. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
And show that t-rump's insane Republican House members are Iliyah Jan 2020 #1
GOP have no intention of ever doing the right thing here and they will sign off on Eliot Rosewater Jan 2020 #27
I'm in, the sooner the better. nt babylonsister Jan 2020 #2
Hearings will drag on and key witnesses will refuse to testify. BSdetect Jan 2020 #3
Schedule hearings, issue subpoenas, and let's get after it gratuitous Jan 2020 #4
Jail till talk fwvinson Jan 2020 #13
K&R smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #5
Thank you, Adam Schiff. Don't just talk about it. Do it. Do it NOW. nt crickets Jan 2020 #6
It's only the first Monday ferchrissakes! 2naSalit Jan 2020 #19
At which point was illegal action or a "tweet or belligerent outburst" requested? crickets Jan 2020 #20
+1000. nt ecstatic Jan 2020 #26
Committee hearings now! Haul the generals up to the Hill for answers. nt Cognitive_Resonance Jan 2020 #7
There is one sure way to defuse this. SCVDem Jan 2020 #8
That's what I was thinking! Tie Trump to a drone and fly him to Iran. Towlie Jan 2020 #12
Strap a few parachutes on Lord Fatass and his minions Buns_of_Fire Jan 2020 #16
Curveball II? DallasNE Jan 2020 #9
Just maybe duforsure Jan 2020 #10
great opportunity to repeal the "authorization to use force" rampartc Jan 2020 #11
And, get to the bottom of why Pompeo talked to the Russians before Congress! wtf? MerryBlooms Jan 2020 #14
Sorry, hearings aren't going to do shit. We're far past the point of being able to rein in Trump. scarletwoman Jan 2020 #15
He is much more evil than Ainz Ooal Gown Ferrets are Cool Jan 2020 #23
trump jdl123 Jan 2020 #17
The idiot WH/Pentagon staff who gave him the option need to WISE UP FAST. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2020 #18
let's subpoena esper and ask him why he followed a mad man's illegal orders, mopinko Jan 2020 #21
Here's an idea stopwastingmymoney Jan 2020 #22
Schiff and Pelosi make a formidable team. Marie Marie Jan 2020 #24
Get to it. Like yesterday. ecstatic Jan 2020 #25
They need to give him a special room and a new suit. CentralMass Jan 2020 #28
Why hasn't Trump learned that anything he does ends up as a Bad Deal? Beartracks Jan 2020 #29
I still can't believe that the story we ALL LEARNED as a child is here...the 'emperor' is buck ass UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #30
Good for Congressman Schiff. PinkTiger Jan 2020 #31
Trump's foreign policy is to end the world with Pompeo at the helm bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #32
Schiff for President... zentrum Jan 2020 #33

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
27. GOP have no intention of ever doing the right thing here and they will sign off on
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 11:12 PM
Jan 2020

the death warrant of millions. Us included.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. Schedule hearings, issue subpoenas, and let's get after it
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:16 PM
Jan 2020

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.

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
19. It's only the first Monday ferchrissakes!
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 02:26 PM
Jan 2020

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)
20. At which point was illegal action or a "tweet or belligerent outburst" requested?
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 02:38 PM
Jan 2020
I'm sure that this will be forthcoming with all due diligence.


As am I.
 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
8. There is one sure way to defuse this.
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:34 PM
Jan 2020

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)
12. That's what I was thinking! Tie Trump to a drone and fly him to Iran.
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 01:20 PM
Jan 2020

Maybe someday Quentin Tarantino will make a movie where the USA comes to its senses and does that.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,183 posts)
16. Strap a few parachutes on Lord Fatass and his minions
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 01:32 PM
Jan 2020

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.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
10. Just maybe
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:49 PM
Jan 2020

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)
11. great opportunity to repeal the "authorization to use force"
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:56 PM
Jan 2020

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.

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
15. Sorry, hearings aren't going to do shit. We're far past the point of being able to rein in Trump.
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 01:28 PM
Jan 2020

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.

jdl123

(21 posts)
17. trump
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 01:54 PM
Jan 2020

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.

mopinko

(70,135 posts)
21. let's subpoena esper and ask him why he followed a mad man's illegal orders,
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 04:03 PM
Jan 2020

and how they got to the resolute desk in the first fucking place.
start there.

stopwastingmymoney

(2,042 posts)
22. Here's an idea
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 10:01 PM
Jan 2020

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.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
30. I still can't believe that the story we ALL LEARNED as a child is here...the 'emperor' is buck ass
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:39 AM
Jan 2020

naked. Maybe tonight he'll have that heart attack he is due for.

PinkTiger

(2,590 posts)
31. Good for Congressman Schiff.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 01:00 AM
Jan 2020

He needs to take over on this deal and own the narrative, and push back against T45.

bucolic_frolic

(43,196 posts)
32. Trump's foreign policy is to end the world with Pompeo at the helm
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 06:43 AM
Jan 2020

Yeah, I could see that would be a subject for Congressional investigation. Shine a little light on that!

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