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The Iranian Islamic regime is in profound crisis after the U.S./Israeli strikes, and Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Delusion) is peeved.
It was inevitable that Democrats were going to be angry about the strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran. But President Donald Trump at very least could have consulted with McBride first, before he went in with guns blazing. Delaware’s big man in Congress took to X to complain on Saturday afternoon about Trump’s “shoot-first-ask-questions-later foreign policy” and to lecture the president on foreign policy, and really, who would know better than a guy who insists that he is a woman and prances around in dresses demanding that everyone play along?
The formidable Middle East expert complained that “this president appears determined to drag our country into yet another regime change war overseas rather than addressing problems here at home.” It is hard to sustain the argument that Trump is not addressing problems here at home, and even harder to pretend that striking the Islamic Republic is in any way similar to the actions against Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11, but after all, Sarah McBride is a man who pretends every day of his life to be a woman. After that, pretending that what is happening in Iran is the same as the misguided misadventures in in Iraq and Afghanistan is easy.
What Sarah (his real name is Tim, but I don’t mind calling him by the name he wants to be called; that is quite different from going along with his claim that he’s a woman. When I was five years old, I annoyed my parents for a week or so by demanding to be called “Max,” so I know what it’s like to want very much to be called by a name that isn’t one’s own) doesn’t seem to realize that in Iraq, the primary opposition to Saddam Hussein’s relatively secular regime was made up of Sunni jihadis who wanted to establish an Islamic state. Ultimately, some of them formed the Islamic State (ISIS), which still plagues free people worldwide. The idea that the Iraqi people would establish a Western-style secular republic was wrongheaded from the start.
Likewise in Afghanistan, the Taliban retained the loyalty of large numbers of people because they adhered to Islamic law, which the people wanted. There was no chance a republic was going to be established there, either.
In Iran, however, there is a history of secular, pro-Western rule and a population that is thoroughly fed up with the rule of Islamic law. The situations are not remotely similar. McBride, however, playing pretend again, this time as a foreign policy expert, continued: “Whether a full-scale regional war in the Middle East unfolds today or sometime in the future, this president’s shoot-first-ask-questions-later foreign policy inevitably leads to one place in the end: death, destruction, and destabilization.” Maybe. Or maybe it will lead to freedom for the Iranian people, but McBride glides right over that possibility.
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WCM says
Early this morning, I thought the photo was Nancy Mace in a blue dress without her glasses. Turns out its a guy with a pair of protheses. Wow. More coffee needed!
He’s still a twit!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I think American politicians by & large should sit this one out, since they have no idea about Iran. Sarah McBride is one type, but there are also myriad politicians – both (R) and (D) – who are similarly clueless about the mood in Iran. There are several of them – Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, John Kerry, Tom Ridge, Ed Randell, Bill Richardson, and many more, and a lot of them are supposedly “foreign policy experts”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAactj9ozyI
So American politicians – the above ones in particular – should take a back seat on this, and let the Iranians sort it out. Most of the demonstrations on the streets have not only been against the islamic regime and islam, but also against Leftists as well as the MEK. That group is a terrorist group, much like the PLO, and is a cult to go w/ it, w/ little allegiance to the Iranian people: in the 1980s, they supported Saddam Hussein in his war against Iran. Once a transition team is in place, the Iranians can decide what sort of a government – and country – they’d like to have
Troybeam says
Setting aside the trani crap these young people know squat on history.
President Trump has the balls to do what no other president has done, he has reacted to the threats now if only he would address Islam inside our country and China as well.
Would suspect that is next on the list, after all he did state when Mamdani was elected we would get our sovereignty back,
Westman says
The President has 60 days to conduct war without congressional approval. This power was given to the Executive Branch by Congress itself. Democrats won’t rescind it when in power because it might limit their response. So live with it or rescind it. Stop playing the Les innocents for the cameras.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, and there is nothing to suggest that this will take 60 days. Unlike in Afghanistan/Pakistan where it took 10 years to find Osama, and unlike in Iraq where it took a while to find Saddam, here Khamenei has been taken out on day 1 itself, and so have the bulk of members of the islamic leadership. I’d be very surprised if we’re not out of there by 2 months
James Lincoln says
Westman,
I believe that Pres. Trump is looking at a four-week timeframe.
tgusa says
He was peeved about a fundamental fact of life, his gender, so he decided he was a woman. But I am sure he is an expert in lesser matters./s
Regarding the Democrat party as it is now the Charlton Heston quote from the Planet of the Apes 1968 movie is applicable today.
“It’s a madhouse! A madhouse!”
biii says
Most people in USA are ignorant of history often even of their own (for which there is no excuse) they are probably unaware that the so called Islamic Republic was only established in 1979 after a violent revolution lead by islamists and communists. The former quickly massacred their communisdt allies soon after. Calling it a sovereign state is a bit rich It has only existed for less than half a century during which time it has viciously oppressed its people on a scale not seen since Nazi Germany which time it has spent spreading terrorism throught the Middle East and further afield. Mr Mcbride would not last a day in Iran if he went there pretending to be a woman though I am sure he would happily don a hijab
Namer says
Congress cant seem to run the countries budget or anything else right so how do people think getting congress involved in a military actions will help doing anything involving the military.
gravenimage says
U.S. Hits Iran, and Congressman Pretending to be a Congresswoman Is in a Royal Snit
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Whatever gender, this Congressperson is a twit. Oddly, “they” have criticized Iran and Hamas before–but apparently that does not extent to actually wanting anything to be different.