SEN RAND PAUL: America is at war—but Americans didn’t vote for it

Once war begins and American soldiers are under fire, a rational discussion of the pros and cons of war becomes nearly impossible. That is exactly why our Founders wrote a Constitution that demands a debate before the initiation of war.

But there was no debate in Congress, let alone a vote. On Feb. 28, Americans awoke to discover that their country was once again embroiled in a war in the Middle East.

Americans were not asked if they would bear the burdens of war. Instead, the American people were told, through a presidential eight-minute video posted around 2:30 in the morning, that the country was, once again, at war.

And because there was no national discussion about going to war, we do not know whether ground troops will be used. We have no idea how long the war will last. We have no idea who will lead Iran after the death of the supreme leader. And we have no idea how many casualties the American people are supposed to tolerate. We cannot know the answer to these questions because no one bothered to make the case that war with Iran was worth the sacrifice.

The Senate is only now debating whether hostilities should end after they’ve already begun. Before I discuss the merits of this war, I want to say that my prayers, and those of my family, are with the troops in the region, those in combat and anyone who may be called to serve.

I do not take lightly that combat has begun, that many have been severely injured, and that lives have been lost.

LOL

Apparently the Libertine cultists have no idea they live in a Representative Republic

NO ONE cares what you feel Status Quo Paul. Out side the state of KY, no one voted for your politically puritan do nothing ever dogmas.

We did vote for Trump however. For someone who claims to be all about the US Constitution, it ods how Paul has about a grade school understanding of how it works.

I will explain it to you.

Since the 1980s the US has been embroiled with the ME tar baby because the free flow of oil out of the gulf is critical to the health of the US Economy. Allow anyone hostile to control the oil and they control the world’s economy

So the US has spent trillions of dollars and thousands of lives trying to maintain stability in the Middle East and keep the oil flowing.

The Iranian mullahs have been the biggest threat to that stability. They fund terrorists groups all over the region. They try to overthrow governments from Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Egypt in order to put their puppet groups in power. Iran has been funding and providing weapons to kill Americans for decades. They been counterfeiting our currency and using it to buy influence around the ME against us.
Our “geniuses” in DC response from DC to all this was “Contain Iran”

Them along come 0bama who decided he can buy peace with Iran. He gives them billions and relaxes sanction. His puppet Biden givens them even more billions in a vain attempt to buy peace.

So we have a well funded hostile regime in Iran, on the verge of getting nukes, who made it clear they are more then willing to screw with the stability of the region.

Containment failed, Appeasement failed, DC has no effective strategy on how to deal with a hostile Iran. Then the Iranian Resistance showed it can mobilize millions of Iranians against the regime. The IPP is a very smart plan on how to replace the Mullahs with a secular Democracy

So the time is ripe for one hard punch to topple the criminal Islamic regime in Iran before it gets nuclear weapons and dominates most of the worlds oil supply.

But I know, your sort or “that not our Libertine dogma” cultists cannot pry you heads out of your asses long enough to grasp any facts that challenge your infantile ignorance and mindless bigotry.

No doubt, but IMHO, Trump is doing the right thing for our country. We haven’t been respected in a long time. That is changing. No more wimps like Rand Paul needed.

If there really is support for this action outside of this site, Trump can be thankful that the American people have the memory of a goldfish.

These discussions were all had here 20+ years ago, after Beetlebrain launched a war in Iraq.

After some 4500 US dead and untold gobs of money dumped into that country, there is nothing but new tombstones and an increase in the national debt. And any comparison between the two here is met with a bovine blank stare.

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