Pelosi says Trump carried out strike
on Iranian commander without
authorization and she wants details
NBC News,
by
Paul Helsel
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
1/3/2020 10:18:05 AM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is calling on the Trump administration to immediately brief lawmakers on the U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq and what the White House plans to do next.
The strike in Iraq was directed by President Donald Trump and killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's secretive Quds Force, the Department of Defense announced Thursday night.
The move, which is likely to provoke retaliation from Iran, comes amid heightened tensions between the Trump administration and Tehran over rocket attacks aimed at coalition forces in Iraq. U.S. officials have said those attacks were likely carried out by Iranian-backed militias with links to the Quds Force.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
NorthStar 1/3/2020 10:20:16 AM (No. 277401)
She is upset she was not able to leak it before the attack.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
john56 1/3/2020 10:20:42 AM (No. 277403)
Sorry, Nancy. You didn't get the memo? Shucks. Must be stuck under those impeachment documents sitting on your desk.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Safari Man 1/3/2020 10:22:59 AM (No. 277405)
She cannot be trusted, none of the dims can be trusted.
Here's your details: Qassem go boom.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
IowaDad 1/3/2020 10:27:51 AM (No. 277414)
"Dear Nancy, thanks for your note about Qassem Soleimani. Pretty good eh? My schedule looks pretty light in February. Drop by sometime then and I'll bring you up to speed. We've quite a backlog to talk about!"
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
brother ram 1/3/2020 10:30:26 AM (No. 277419)
Hey Nancy, want with one hand and crap in the other - see which one fills up faster?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/3/2020 10:31:35 AM (No. 277420)
Based upon what the leftist and liberal Congressional Democrats have been doing and saying, President Trump would have had to be totally incompetent to tell them beforehand the details of the “Top Secret” military operation to take out that Iranian General and his cohorts, as those Democrats would have immediately leaked that information to the liberal media for worldwide dissemination.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bamboozle 1/3/2020 10:33:06 AM (No. 277421)
From whom did Mr Trump need to get preauthorization? Obama? Schumer? Shiffty? For that matter who gave Obama preauthorization to get Ben Laden? Sputter on Nutty Nancy, sputter on.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/3/2020 10:34:45 AM (No. 277424)
You can go pound sand, Nan. You and your thugs can't be trusted. How's it going with yours and your son's illegal dealings in Ukraine, lately?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 1/3/2020 10:37:07 AM (No. 277427)
Nancy is thankful she has something to pivot to that is away from impeachment.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
IdahoJoe 1/3/2020 10:38:49 AM (No. 277431)
Iran was already retaliating. Obozo would give up at this point and give them a quarter trillion. If Iran insists on upping the ante, the US may launch operation 'New Koran'. Say it quickly and you will realize I am not talking about a religious text.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 1/3/2020 10:39:48 AM (No. 277433)
There was authorization, came in 1788 and 2016.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 1/3/2020 10:45:17 AM (No. 277439)
DJT is smart enough to know that someone in Nan's circle would have tipped off the Iranians. She griped when we took out al Baghdadi that she wasn't told beforehand. Never, ever trust a leftist and the entire Dem Party are now radical left and actively working to bring down our country. Some of them would have no qualms about committing treason by warning our enemies in advance of a military strike.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 1/3/2020 10:48:43 AM (No. 277445)
“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States,"
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
justavoter 1/3/2020 10:53:57 AM (No. 277454)
Nancy Pelosi looking for another "Article of Impeachment" meme.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 1/3/2020 10:57:20 AM (No. 277462)
Hey, Nutters Nancy, I know the perfect line for you (made "popular" by your favorite Scoldilocks). You should use it as you wag your finger, screech loudly, and spray spittle all over the place: HOW DARE YOU!!!
Meanwhile, we are cheering!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
lakerman1 1/3/2020 10:57:28 AM (No. 277464)
The world would be a much safer place if Jiimmy Carter would have whacked the Iranians in 1979, when they captured our embassy staff. Or if the Germans had attacked Palestine for the killings at the 1972 Olympics. Or if Bush 41 had attacked the Iranians for sheltering Saddam's Aircraft in 1991 during the first Gulf War.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
VietVet68 1/3/2020 10:58:36 AM (No. 277467)
The democrat panties are in a bunch because...Trump did.............(Fill in the blank). But if I'm not mistaken isn't an attack on an embassy considered an act of war?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
BarryNo 1/3/2020 11:08:00 AM (No. 277476)
F U, Pelosi.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
moonlightflip 1/3/2020 11:08:38 AM (No. 277477)
She would have contacted him directly! Since they probably had one another's cell phone numbers....
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Readaholic 1/3/2020 11:19:37 AM (No. 277491)
Oh dear, I hope this doesn't interfere with Nancy's cash flow.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/3/2020 11:29:39 AM (No. 277512)
He actually told you, Nancy. You just didn't hear him because ya teeth were chattering. Ask John Kerry if he knew, and if he's advising the Iranians on retaliation so they don't retaliate against him, because he didn't know. Worry about that!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
HotRod 1/3/2020 11:46:53 AM (No. 277542)
Nancy Pelosi is getting so senile that she has forgotten her civics lessons from high school! The Speaker of the House doesn't get to play CIC!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mathman 1/3/2020 11:48:19 AM (No. 277547)
Details: we shoot. He dies.
It is called war, and that is what Iran declared on us back in the Carter days.
Your buddy Zippy used to send Dane Gild instead.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DVC 1/3/2020 11:58:20 AM (No. 277562)
It's called being Commander in Chief, and you can pound sand, witch.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
cheeflo 1/3/2020 12:00:49 PM (No. 277566)
Um, Nan ... he doesn’t need your authorization.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 1/3/2020 12:03:40 PM (No. 277571)
How many times did Barry Soetoro let bombs and missiles fly, and how many of those times did he consult Congress beforehand? A lot and never. And you never heard Pelosi kvetching about it either. If not for hypocrisy, the Rats would have no standards at all.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
web 1/3/2020 12:20:38 PM (No. 277584)
I was unaware that the military or the Commander in Chief needed to get "authorization" from Congress before executing a military operation. Just where, exactly, is Pelosi in the chain of command?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
hershey 1/3/2020 12:23:05 PM (No. 277589)
And just why would he tell 'mrs sieve' before the attack..someone who wasn't supposed to leak the information would leak it to the lame stream media, or call some dipso over in the ME to let them know...what's that old WWII slogan??? "Loose Lips Sink Ships'...Trump was 100% correct to keep it under his hat...
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
hershey 1/3/2020 12:26:13 PM (No. 277590)
Just got to thinking...there are some of them left, so he could leak incorrect plans to the democrats and when they let it 'slip' and then the rats scurry out from their hidey holes then he could rain some hellfire on them...
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
dtrumpet2 1/3/2020 12:35:31 PM (No. 277601)
Given the democrats hate for the Constitution and this country they should not be trusted. They have no trouble with Americans getting killed by illegals, et al. Have they not killed enough people in the military with their ROEs? What're a few American lives when the democrats can gain power and make slaves of us all?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
jacksin5 1/3/2020 12:36:08 PM (No. 277604)
What's the big deal, Nancy? No aspirin factories were destroyed on this mission.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Daisymay 1/3/2020 12:39:15 PM (No. 277613)
Nancy might think she is Queen of the May, but someone needs to whisper in her ear that she is NOT Commander in Chief! He is not required to get her okey dokey before taking out a General, or a whole country for that matter! Sit down and shut up Nancy!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/3/2020 12:44:01 PM (No. 277620)
What's she gonna do? Impeach the President? Oh! She's already done that.
Tell. Her. Nothing.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 1/3/2020 2:23:45 PM (No. 277733)
Nancy's delusions of grandeur. She thinks she can tell McConnell how to proceed in the Senate and she thinks she is Commander in Chief. Nancy, no one that matters is listening to your rants. More and more people are realizing how nutty you are. Your time is quickly running out and you have NO real power except to be annoying.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Harlowe 1/3/2020 2:36:09 PM (No. 277747)
An article written by Dustin Murphy, a federal government lawyer, that was published in The Federalist (“Here Are The Rules On When Presidents Can Use Military Force Without Asking Congress” – May 4, 2017), congressional consent, historically, has not been required when a president exercises Article II powers. Former presidents used military power without congressional approval, including President Obama in Libya in 2011 and President Clinton in Kosovo in 1999.
“Domestically, military force is authorized under the Constitution in three ways: (1) Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, on when Congress “declares” war; (2) Article 1, Section 8, on when Congress authorizes the use of force; and (3) Article II under the president’s inherent commander-in-chief powers.”
Mr. Murphy points out, Article I vests in Congress the power to declare war, Article II vests in the president “an inherent authority to conduct U.S. foreign affairs and use military action to protect the national interest as the commander-in-chief.”
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
LoyalReader 1/3/2020 4:05:05 PM (No. 277826)
If the democrats can run an impeachment inquiry without conferring with Reprublicans, then the CIC can take out a foreign terrorist without conferring with the democrats.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Daisy Mae 1/3/2020 10:32:14 PM (No. 278121)
Hey, Nancy, you want to know what happened? Big bomb, goes Bang, little terrorist goes pofffff.
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