Next week is SOTU, possible Iran military action, and… who knows… maybe the overthrow of the Communist regime in Cuba. Donald Trump sure is busy with foreign policy… We are hoping the President makes the case for why hitting this murderous regime in Tehran is necessary at the State of the Union, but a strike could happen beforehand. We chat a little about whether the President will go to Congress and ask permission for the strike. Not a snowball’s chance in hell, per Dany. Congress likes to pretend it wants to make the life and death decisions about military conflict, but when push comes to shove, it doesn’t. Don’t believe her? Check out how long it has taken for Congress to get to rescinding the Iraq War Authorization for Use of Military Force…
As for the Board of Peace, it might as well be the Board of Peas for all its going to deliver to Gaza. Even though the impulse behind the idea might — might — be honorable, the structure, execution, and practical elements of the BoP don’t, er, exist.
Let us know what you think of Dany’s hot take on Rubio’s speech at Munich. Elise didn’t like the whole civilization thing. Dany was more het up about the weird Christian stuff. Comment below….
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