Nancy Pelosi Spits Bile at Trump After He Bombs Iranian Nuclear Sites – But Forgets What She Said When Obama Was Bombing Libya

Nancy Pelosi and Democrats are now attacking President Trump for destroying the Iranian regime’s nuclear sites with bunker-busting bombs.

On Saturday night the United States military under the direction of President Donald J. Trump bombed three nuclear facilities in Iran in Operation Midnight Hammer.

The US dropped 14 bunker busting bombs on Iran’s largest nuclear site in Fordow. It was the largest ever attack by B-2 stealth bombers by the United States. It was also the longest flight the bombers have made since 2001.

Following this successful mission it wasn’t long before Democrats began their attacks on President Trump.

Pelosi tweeted on X: “Tonight, the President ignored the Constitution by unilaterally engaging our military without Congressional authorization. I join my colleagues in demanding answers from the Administration on this operation which endangers American lives and risks further escalation and dangerous destabilization of the region.”

The former Speaker was quick to fact-checked by X Community Notes. President Trump DOES HAVE the ability to initiate limited military action without prior Congressional approval:

Under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, the President may initiate limited military action without prior Congressional approval, with notice required within 48 hours. Operations can last up to 60 days without formal authorization. This has precedent across administrations. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title50/chapter33&edition=prelim

This is what Pelosi tweeted when Obama bombed Libya, a country that is still considered a failed state thanks to Barack Obama.

And, it wasn’t just Libya. Obama bombed Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia during his presidency without Congressional approval.

Clinton Slams Netanyahu While Iran Bombs Israeli Cities | WATCH “We gotta convince our friends in the Middle East that we’ll stand with them and try to protect them.” However, Clinton strongly condemned the targeting of civilians,.."who are not politically involved one way or the other, just wanna live decent lives, is not a very good solution.”

However, Israel was not targeting "civilians,.. ‘who are not politically involved one way or the other, just wanna live decent lives, is not a very good solution’” any more than he would say he was, and Obama with his 540 strikes. https://www.cfr.org/blog/obamas-final-drone-strike-data

As Donald Trump assumes office today, he inherits a targeted killing program that has been the cornerstone of U.S. counterterrorism strategy over the past eight years. On January 23, 2009, just three days into his presidency, President Obama authorized his first kinetic military action: two drone strikes, three hours apart, in Waziristan, Pakistan, that killed as many as twenty civilians. Two terms and 540 strikes later, Obama leaves the White House after having vastly expanding and normalizing the use of armed drones for counterterrorism and close air support operations in non-battlefield settings—namely Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia.
Throughout his presidency, I have written often about Obama’s legacy as a drone president, including reports on how the United States could reform drone strike policies, what were the benefits of transferring CIA drone strikes to the Pentagon, and (with Sarah Kreps) how to limit armed drone proliferation. .... many needed reforms were left undone—in large part because there was zero pressure from congressional members, who, with few exceptions, were the biggest cheerleaders of drone strikes.

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