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RE: Arrest Trump for Treason - Bob Butler 54 - 04-07-2017 Arrest Trump for violating war powers? Back in 2001, Congress authorized use of force against Al Qaeda in the aftermath of September 11th. Obama stretched that somewhat declaring ISIS was an offshoot of Al Qaeda, thus he didn't go back to Congress before focusing on them. Trump? Now, I don't like either Assad's Syria nor Al Qaeda, but does anyone believe that Assad's Syria is an offshoot of Al Qaeda? Does Trump think the old 2001 declaration turned the Middle East into a free fire zone? If anyone does anything Trump doesn't like, start throwing missiles around? I've always thought that in politics Trump was a shoot from the hip sort of guy. If anyone says anything he doesn't like, he'll open up a Twitter attack promptly enough. He also has talked a tough game about using the military. He allegedly knows the Middle East better than the generals, and thought Obama not aggressive enough in using force in the region. I've sort of expected and still expect him to use force often and intuitively. Still, the airport air strike doesn't seem too horrible a move. No boots were put on the ground. That's less invitation to a quagmire. Assad's bombing of civilians is a deplorable tactic. As aircraft don't come cheap, the airport strike might make Assad somewhat less inclined to use that particular form of terror. Russia apparently didn't try to use their air defense systems to defend the Syrian airbase, but they're still making noise on the diplomatic and public relations front. Apparently, launching missiles against a military base is a big no no, but gassing civilians is OK. It's interesting that Hillary called to attack Assad's air capability a day before Trump did it. RE: Arrest Trump for Treason - Bob Butler 54 - 04-25-2017 Arrest Trump for violating war powers? CNN reports the Democrats are asking the White House for a legal justification for using force against Syria, launching cruise missiles against the airport that launched gas attacks. Definitely guilty as charged, but step one would be impeachment in the House. I don't know that the law and fact have anything to do with such proceedings. RE: Arrest Trump for Treason - David Horn - 04-25-2017 (04-25-2017, 10:18 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Arrest Trump for violating war powers? If getting Trump by impeachment is the plan, the emoluments clause seems a better option. First, they'll need to see his tax returns, but that's doable by Congress. Of course, Republicans don't impeach other Republicans. RE: Arrest Trump for Treason - pbrower2a - 04-26-2017 Sing like a canary and fly off to Russia -- that would be fine with me. RE: Arrest Trump for Treason - Odin - 05-24-2017 (05-23-2017, 06:52 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: Based on Brennan's testimony today, Trump should be perp walked off of AF1 upon his arrival. Quote:HECK: I now pose it to you, sir. Not for my sake, but for America’s sake. As someone who has devoted your entire life to public service, in your own words, please tell my constituents, my neighbors, why they should care. Not just here in Washington, D.C., but in Washington state, and Texas, and Connecticut and points in between. Why should they care? Why do you care, sir? RE: Arrest Trump for Treason - Bob Butler 54 - 05-25-2017 (05-25-2017, 09:48 AM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: To quote a famous Liverpudlian (bonus points if you can guess who): Found it on Youtube, which is cheating. However, I noted how the group organized into departments. Should we use that structure for this forum? |