We’ve had military action going on in Syria since Trump has been President. Over 2,000 special forces on the ground. We smoke close to 200 Russian Mercenaries just a few weeks ago.
Why is this action all the sudden being debated?
My personal opinion is we should have never been in Syria to begin with.
Trump didn't start a war.
Of course nobody said anything about Syria when Obama was playing war with McCain's ISIS buddies. Clinton's Libya game was illegal as all hell with the overthrow of a sovereign government and assassination of its leader. Not a substantial peep from anybody on either side of the aisle.
Lee of course is correct on that.
Did he raise the same issue when Obama’s team was involved?
Obama launches 2,800 strikes on Iraq, Syria without congressional approval
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/27/congress-still-not-specifically-authorizing-islami/
Perhaps President Trump should throw it in their laps then. Either vote in favor of military action in Syria (and at what level) or all troops are removed in 30 days. Put them in the hot seat.
Congresscritter just wants to complain and pretend to be a big shot. They’ll be last in line to actually do anything, either way.
Has the senator ever supported President Trump openly about anything?
Once a #NeverTrumper, always a #NeverTrumper. Shut yer pie hole, Lee. You’re a disgrace to the Lee name.
And there was a time when folks were hailing Lee as a “solid and principled conservative”....
Poolie18;
I’m going to link you to a few articles where Mike Lee is involved. I’m not trying to take you to task here. I just think there are some thing to think about related to him. I’m not convinced he’s a Trump team player. It’s important he not be reflexively anti-Trump. Now I don’t think he always is, bu there are times when he has appeared to be.
Trump as CIC has every right to use our military forces at will, if he believes they are called for. This is imperative, because there would NEVER AGAIN, be the ability for the U. S. to launch surprise attacks, if the POTUS had to notify Congress each and every time he wanted to use the military. This is settled law. None the less, Lee criticized Trump for doing this. Article touching on it next.
This from April 2018:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3647966/posts
Judge Roy Moore was attacked for beating out the incumbent Republican, to run in a special election. Republican leaders eviscerated him. They bought off on the smear job by the Leftists in a matter of moments. Many well known Republicans sought to harm Moore. Mike Less was one of them. He pulled his endorsement, before the dust even settled. That isn’t right. We lost a Senate seat over these types of schenanigans.
This from 10/11/17:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3603696/posts
These are vitally important issues.
If Mike Lee sits on the SCOTUS, he must be able to come to the right conclusions on issues. The first issue I mentioned here is exactly the type of case he could be expected to see at the court. He got this wrong, and it’s an issue that has surfaced under Reagan, Bush, and now Trump. Lee’s position on this has been shot down continually.
I’m not sure I would pick him over others. Let me rephrase that. I would not pick him over others.