On Mon 23-Jun-2025 7:11a, Aaron Thomas@1:342/200.0 wrote:
Lunatics have bad memory, and they also have a "rules for thee but not for me" attitude. (Ron knows.)
For any deranged lunatics who want Trump impeached for ordering a strike
on unauthorized Iranian nuclear enrichment sites:
Ahhh, it just wouldn't be a comment or post from the Ultra Right without name calling.... Just like the Soviet Union. Only someone who is deranged would question the regieme. Too bad Reagan closed down all the state run mental hospitals..
Yes, other administrations as far back as Kennedy with the Bay Of Pigs have ordered military action without the approval of Congress, as time has progressed more and more authority has been ceded by Congress where the power of declaring war has rested since the ratification of the constitution.
Kennedy - Bay Of Pigs (No contressional Approval) -D
Johnson (Viet Nam) -D Recieved congressional appoval, but under false pretense (Golf Of Tonkin).
Nixon (Widening the war into Laos and Cambodia) -R
Regan - Lebanon, Granada, and the Iran-Contra -R
Bush Sr (Desert Shield, Desert Storm), BUT HAD CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. but listing it here, so Aaron doesn't say I missed one. -R
Clinton - Bosnia - D
Bush Jr. (Desert Storm II) - Had congressional approval, but again under false pretenses (Iraq nuclear weapons program, WMD). -R
Obama - All continuation of military operations started under Bush. -D
Biden - Stikes in Yemen, did not have congressional approval -D
Trump - Strikes on Iran (No Congressional approval). -R
Democrats - 4 Replublicans - 5
The history between parties is pretty evenly spread, so the issue is not "The Dems. Did this, the Repubs. did this....." Justifying either one. The question is, is it time for Congress to take back the power of approving military action, regardless of what the Executive Branch, or Join Chiefs call it..
Yes, I know I skipped Carter (Ommision on my part, but don't feel the need to go back, research and correct the list. I feel I have made my point.
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