Some liberal activist judge.

No one wants another war, I think most Americans are pretty tired of the goings on in the middle east. But Iran is the regions biggest bully and instigator of state sponsored terrorism in the world. They fund al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis in Yemen. Most of us on Trapperman probably learned in grade school that you can't stop a bully by trying to ignore them, they need a good punch in the nose to alter their behavior, even if you take a whooping. When Hitler reoccupied the Rhineland in 1936 the German military was still weak. Stronger International action at that time would have forced Hitler to back down, but the hand wringers won out and look what evolved. So, I'd say Trump showed strength and did the right thing. He also gave the "Supreme Leader" plenty of time and options to stop enriching uranium to the point they could have a bomb, or several. That said yes, I believe in peace through strength.

So why did Obama give them 1.7 Billion? We should have kept it and paid reparations to the nations and the people Iran damaged, including Americans. He even gave them interest on the money that probably financed not only the uranium enrichment program, but all of the state sponsored terror by Iran since then.

With or without congressional approval?

Ol dad

No the worse things that can happen are not mor missile into Israel.

Missiles into any of our bases that have 40k of troops inside their range would be much worse. Americans dead That will pull us into a full on ground war. Then there is the high probability of sleeper cells here in the US. that could be a small as the knife attacks and truck in crowds to taking down the electric grid.

I think Iran should have been handled a long time ago but it's alway good to really look at what's the worst that can happen honestly not with rose color glasses on.

Why in gods green earth would a president need congressional approval to let a country have access to its own money? 400 million was only part of the money.

Possibly to prevent him for doing something that's not in the best intrest of this country or its security.... just speculating here.... the fact that you think it would be absurd that he would have to has me scratching my head in light that Iran is probably the biggest sponsor of terrorism on the globe right now. Maybe terrorism should be a given right of any sovereign nation????

Where does it say in the Constitution ?

He did! Get your bleach at any supermarket! Oh, wait. That was for covid wasn't it?

Im not sure if the President has or doesn't have the right to do it without congressional approval. Do you have evidence that he has that authority based of our laws?

I thought it was masks that saved us.

PM now or then a question of why or why not, and what happened now will be talked about in the future just as you mention, why did it take so long to be taken care of ??

Do you actually believe that our country did not look at a worse scenario like you wish ? That's pretty foul thinking towards our own military and country !

Taking action like we have, has eliminated most of any mention of being in the area other than surrounding countries, don't you feel that if those other countries were worried about Iran threatening them they would have been vocal about us landing and then using their space for support ?

And saying Israel having more missiles directed is not a worry to you, really shows where you stand in support of any one trying to maintain a life of there own with out being bothered by continued threats !

Why do you believe that others now don't threaten us, except Russia or China who are comparatively equal with arms, it's not because we sit around and not do things to help others, it's because with give others a chance to be one of an equal group that helps others, Iran has never chosen that path as well as other countries in that region. Same as Russia and China, North Korea in their areas being bullies !

There is a big reason why other countries in that region have kept quiet about our giving Iran ultimatums for so long and letting us use their areas for our support for quicker action, its because they want Iran settled down as well and know that they cannot do it even if they went together on it, so for them to be a sleeping dog is a lot better than doing any barking and they can accept the excuse of, well we really did not do anything !

Dirt

Im having issues uploading links or picks but from a simple search it appears the President doesn't have the power to give money to foreign countries without congressional approval

It was irans money in a trust.

Does that give the President the power to release it to them without congressional authority?

Should have bought bubble gum with it...

How about we ask AI, because we've been doing it exactly this way since the beginning.

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No, Thomas Jefferson did not receive a formal Congressional declaration of war. During his presidency, the United States engaged in the First Barbary War (1801-1805) against Tripoli, but this conflict was primarily handled as a series of defensive actions and naval blockades, without a formal declaration of war by Congress. Jefferson did seek and receive Congressional authorization to arm US ships in the Mediterranean to defend against Barbary pirate attacks. While Congress authorized military action, it was not a formal declaration of war.

My big thought in this is how many of our sons and daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren will be ground up in a no-exit war? If those in support of such armed conflicts would commit their children to front line positions, these conflicts would never happen. Negotiations don’t kill our kids. Seeking a legacy does. I’m all for defending THIS country but not thrilled about what’s inevitably going to happen in the Middle East.

The Obama administration secretly airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran. This money was owed as part of a failed arms deal prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, the U.S. had previously frozen at least $400 million of Iranian money in a Pentagon trust fund in 1979. The freeze was in retaliation for the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran during the revolution.
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