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MASSIE interview: Houthi strikes 'not America First'
Responsible Statecraft ^ | March 27 | Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

Posted on 03/28/2025 2:18:38 PM PDT by RandFan

In an interview this morning with RS, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said there was clearly "no urgency" for U.S. military airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, now in their 13th day. Therefore, the administration should have gone to Congress for authorization and without it, those strikes are illegal.

Massie pointed to Vice President J.D. Vance's contribution to the now infamous signal chat which described the strikes as they were happening. "JD" as identified in the chat, which has been authenticated by the administration, among other points, said that "there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”

"(Vance's) contribution there was to prove that there was no urgency, and that there were no U.S. troops that were in imminent danger, that needed to be defended. Which is the instance in which you might allow the president to engage in hostilities — if it was in self-defense and urgent, and before they had time to come to Congress," Massie told RS. " But they obviously, based on that signal chat, had time to come to Congress, but they chose not to."

Massie said there may be some effort in the House to push for a War Powers Act vote or for defunding the U.S. military operations in Yemen

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To: Alberta's Child
Where does it say that?

Unwritten rule of the seas for hundreds of years.

Trust me :)

81 posted on 03/28/2025 5:18:42 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: ridesthemiles

Good question. Likely not,


82 posted on 03/28/2025 5:20:26 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: RandFan

Massie makes sense when you understand his massive Jew-hatred drives him.


83 posted on 03/28/2025 5:24:00 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: RandFan

We’ve nailed the Houthis. Now let’s get the Blowfish.


84 posted on 03/28/2025 5:37:35 PM PDT by joesbucks
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To: joesbucks

LOL.


85 posted on 03/28/2025 5:43:20 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
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To: RandFan

Massie is a Dem mole.


86 posted on 03/28/2025 6:03:35 PM PDT by grumpygresh ( Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification.)
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To: ridesthemiles

I doubt it. Massie tends to be a JERK and isn’t much of a CONSERVATIVE, nor even slightly MAGA.


87 posted on 03/28/2025 6:23:17 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: dforest

That is interesting on this issue you agree with him considering it’s a fringe position especially here where I am getting so much heat for posting against


88 posted on 03/28/2025 7:56:23 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

VP Vance opinion questions strikes in the Suez where 3% of American shipping flows. EU flow is 40%. Outside foreign entanglement like Ukraine and Suez interferes with MAGA.


89 posted on 03/28/2025 8:02:46 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: NoLibZone
Massie shares the same values as the squad does when it comes to foreign policy

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Cori Bush


Yes, why are the supporters of terrorists allowed to post on FR ?
90 posted on 03/28/2025 8:17:36 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: plain talk
Whether the strikes are immediate or later on — that is up to Trump and will likely be made at a time of his choosing.


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91 posted on 03/28/2025 8:21:10 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: RandFan

Not really. I despise neocons and you don’t hear any of them complaining, do you?

I don’t like jumping out of the gate with the military. Already the first “leak attack” on the new admin was regarding this.


92 posted on 03/29/2025 5:01:50 AM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest

Yeah and it’s a nothing-burger but lame media turn it into a big deal

🥱🥱

Like they give a sh*t


93 posted on 03/29/2025 5:18:17 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: dforest

I was going to make a thread but thought better of it because FR is very pro -this action .

The who said what to whom is a nothing burger. WHO CARES.

Sorry. It drives me crazy.

It was good to see JD Vance questioning things though


94 posted on 03/29/2025 5:23:25 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: shanover
VP Vance opinion questions strikes in the Suez where 3% of American shipping flows.

As if we should appease an attacker and not defend our assets, interests and people when it's only 3%.

Is that the Massie doctrine.

Wow, No!

95 posted on 03/29/2025 7:17:03 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: ETCM
There may be others, as CENTCOM doesn't always name the ships that are targeted. If so, a response is warranted. Agreed.

Yup.

96 posted on 03/29/2025 7:18:55 AM PDT by FreeReign
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