A closed-door briefing with national security officials Wednesday afternoon did nothing to convince House Democrats that the strike that killed top Iranian military official Qasem Soleimani last week was justified.
Hopefully they also left with a conviction to open investigations into the âimminentâ threats.
âUtterly unpersuadedâ describes the entire administration.
All the regime cares about is that it gives sufficient pretext for GOP senators to lie about it for Trump without looking too shameful.
Mike Lee just left the briefing in a huff saying that the briefing wasnât detailed enough and he was really upset that the briefers told the Senators not to debate or discuss further actions against Iran.
INTERESTING.
Funny how thereâs that difference between sycophants and those who are still capable of independent thought and who exercise analytical and critical thinking skills (or who just recognize the bullshit thatâs put in front of them for the bullshit it is).
Thank god they arenât buying what this one is trying to sell them.
Unlike 2002, 2003.
Thank god.
Well, that is quite something. It wasnât detailed enough. Hmmm.
Looks like it was too bogus even for Lee to support.
I normally hold Lee in a lot of distainâŚbut I really enjoyed him being upset. He called it the worst briefing heâd ever received.
O Bazinga!
I like that myself a lot.
His middle name is Shumway and he looks like he was born with a âdad-bodâ.
I was paraphrasing, but that the idea.
The characterization of it being âsophomoric and utterly unconvincingâ says it all for me.
He sounds like he was lit up and apparently Rand Paul was equally outraged. Maybe there is a glimmer of hope?
ETA: !!!
I just posted about that elsewhere. (Trying to take the ornaments off the tree and get everything put away, ran into the kitchen, and didnât see this post.). Nicolle Wallace was pretty surprised to hear those criticisms pouring out of Leeâs mouth. He was pissed.
About time, Mike.
âŚOne of the messages that we received from the briefers was: Do not debate, do not discuss the issue of appropriateness of further military intervention against Iran. And that if you do youâll be emboldening Iran⌠I find this insulting and demeaning. Not personally, but to the office that each of the 100 senators in this building happens to hold. I find it insulting and demeaning to the Constitution of the United StatesâŚ
Yep. His words all right.
Hopefully they also left with a conviction to open investigations into the âimminentâ threats.
Hearings into âHow Trump nearly bumbled the US into war with Iranâ⌠and he may still.
