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On Monday, the president’s lack of a plan in Iran was outlined in stark terms in a letter to Congress obtained by CBS News officially informing lawmakers of the strikes.

“Although the United States desires a quick and enduring peace, it is not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration of military operations that may be necessary,” Trump said in the letter.

U.S. forces “remain postured to take further action… to address further threats and attacks upon the United States or its allies and partners,” he continued.

The letter was sent under the War Powers Act, a 1973 resolution requiring the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying U.S. forces if Congress has not declared war. The deployment cannot last more than 60 days without congressional approval.

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

The letter was sent under the War Powers Act, a 1973 resolution requiring the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying U.S. forces if Congress has not declared war. The deployment cannot last more than 60 days without congressional approval.

How bloody convenient, eh?

Kill all you want, get a pass every time and maybe a dramatized show of "congressional hearing" where they use strong words and point fingers.

And no one faces any fucking consequences.

The country of "kill and ask questions later"

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He has concepts of a plan.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

We're beginning to develop the outline of a concept of a way to develop a plan...

/s

Rubio already let the cat out of the bag tho.

He said Israel was going to do it, so America "had no choice" and had to go when Israel did.

Pretty sure Israel has said that theyve been planning this with trump for a long time tho. So most likely Israel is just literally ordering the US military around on a moments notice.

Our military and our elected Congress are completely out of the loop.

We can't accept anymore Dems who work with Israel at this point, they're a hostile nation and any Dem who treats them favorably after this should be ruled out on judgement alone, but obviously ethics as well.

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We got dragged into war because Israel was about to Leeerrroooooy Jenkins into Iran without us. Fucking remarkable.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I'm increasingly feeling like America is the Germany to Israel's Austria in WWI. Absolutely complicit and down to be a villain, but also being dragged into a stupid fight because of incompetent leadership and an ally that insists on biting off more than they can chew because they know they can make us fight for them.

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At this point nothing would shock me less than Bibi having a copy of everything Epstein had on Trump, and him using it to order his orange lapdog to do his bidding.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Bruh who do you think they worked for?

Long before Epstein was involved, Maxwell's dad ran it. And it was never the only one, it's just the one that most people know about.

Like, this is literally the reason even now most governments aren't saying shit about Israel, and why damn near every government needs cleaned out.

They obviously have blackmail on trump, but they've got it on almost everyone else too.

trump is just dogshit at lying and hiding motivations. So he attracts attention, but he's not the only one.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The plan is simple, plain and obvious: Bomb Iran while Israel steals as much land from neighboring states as possible. The end.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Seriously, though, it was only just over a week ago when Mike Huckabee said that Israel would be justified in taking over much of the Middle East. He said the plan out loud, and somehow people are still confused.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

These fucking Evangelical Christofascists are dangerous as fuck. They're currently waging a holy war in order to bring about the end of the world to go to heaven. If someone told me that 20 years ago i'd say they were nuts. Where did reality go?

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Trump's war plan is to bully and kill the Iranian people when he it serves his purposes.

"war on; war off; ok war back on" is gonna be the way Trump is until something stops him.

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe what'll stop him is another us president...

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I didn't specify that an US American would stop him.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

First striking without congressional approval needs to trigger an automatic impeachment and carry prison time if convicted of not having immediate necessity. No more quick drone strike bs. No more "well I bombed them so now we're at war whether congress likes it or not".

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Most effective liberal reformer

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Trump could admit he rapes kid and eat humans for breakfast, it wouldnt be a bombshell in tha maga world. These people can't be saved. USA needs a fresh start but no americans will ever do shit about it.

[–] madde@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

The USA needs a functioning education system. Ideally 30 years ago.

They are reaping the "benefits" of decades of decades of public school defunding, pseudo-christian home-schooling and widespread lead exposure.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So says our media anyhow. I guess the protesters that have been shot were playing baseball or some shit at the time.

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Protest movements take decades to make significant change. Trump is out here breaking things faster than anyone can respond because he knows he will never personally face the consequences, and the bodies that pile up in the mean time, won't ever have any justice.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm afraid peaceful protests wont cut it this time.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Well they shot both Martin and Malcolm, and their methods have only become more sophisticated. So peaceful or not, its us versus billionaires, and believe it or not, you can't just shoot the right guy and fix all the problems, ask Luigi.

[–] DeepThought42@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It should be clear that there is a plan and it's largely working. Since the bombs started dropping, hardly anyone is talking about the Epstein files. :|

[–] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hardly a mention except for every single war-related thread I've seen on every social media I frequent, including YouTube, sure.

[–] DeepThought42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, a lot of people haven't forgotten about the Epstein files, but the mainstream media sure seems to be focused elsewhere right now.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.today 7 points 3 days ago

His plan is to not be punished for what is in the Epstein files. And to avoid midterm elections, because of the files. Those are the only plans he has.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

How's that candidate for peace working out for you lot?

[–] CreamyJalapenoSauce@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He's two weeks away from having a plan

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

We’re never getting to infrastructure week are we

i cant say i didnt expect þis

[–] rottenmummy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Yo! What did you expect? he is the peace president