Posted on 03/28/2023 5:01:53 PM PDT by RandFan
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) rebuked President Biden and his Democratic allies in Congress for pushing a proposal to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq at a time that U.S. troops in the region face threats from Iran and terrorist organizations.
“I am opposed to Congress sunsetting any military force authorizations in the Middle East. Our terrorist enemies aren’t sunsetting their war against us. And when we deploy our servicemembers in harm’s way, we need to supply them with all the support and legal authorities that we can,” McConnell said in a statement Tuesday.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has previously signaled the bipartisan bill to repeal two AUMFs — one from the 1991 Gulf War and the other one authorizing the 2002 war in Iraq — has a good chance of getting a floor vote in the House, but McConnell’s forceful rejection of the measure is a troublesome sign for its prospects in the Republican-controlled lower chamber.
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Sunset Mitch McConnell
F Mitch.
“F Mitch.”
I second that two million times. Use him for ammo.
So 32 years isn’t enough.
Think about this: A 20ish-year old Iraqi with an infant son at home is killed by US forces in the 1991 Gulf war.
That child grows up to be a 20ish-year old Iraqi with an infant son at home who is killed by US forces in 2003.
That second child is now about 20ish years old, and he hears that Mitch McConnell, who voted to approve and fund the last thirty years of US military action in Iraq wants to keep it going some more.
You're damned right there are people out there holding grudges.
McConnell hates America and it shows. The deformed puke should have been smothered at birth.
Has he been released and returned to the Senate, or did he do this from the hospital?
He’s an endless war, infinite bankruptcy ahole.
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