Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Wednesday appeared to threaten to pursue the impeachment of President Biden if he started a war with Iran.
Massie posted a video from 2007 on X of then-Senator Biden threatening President George W. Bush with impeachment if he went to war with Iran without congressional approval.
“I made it clear to the president that if he takes this nation to war in Iran without congressional approval, I will make it my business to impeach him,” Biden said in the video.
In his post, Massie wrote: “In 2007, Sen. Biden put the President on notice that he would impeach him for going to war with Iran without Congressional approval. Consider this your notice [President Biden].”
Massie’s post came amid reports that President Biden is planning to launch a weeks-long bombing campaign that could target Iranian assets outside of Iran in response to the drone attack in Jordan that killed three US troops. The Pentagon has admitted it has no evidence Iran was involved in the drone attack beyond its arming of the Shia militias the US believes was responsible.
Another comment Biden made during the Trump administration related to Iran has surfaced amid the tensions.
“Let’s be clear: Donald Trump does not have the authority to take us into war with Iran without Congressional approval. A president should never take this nation to war without the informed consent of the American people,” he tweeted on January 6, 2020, a few days after Trump killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani by drone strike in Baghdad.
Biden has come under criticism from some members of Congress for launching strikes against the Houthis in Yemen without congressional approval, but he has continued to bomb the country.
Impeach him now; he is unfit for office.
And Cackles is? How do we impeach Nuland?
What happened to the articles of impeachment read out by Kucinich? Answer: not a G-d D*mn thing!
Being unfit is not treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Madame Kamela is waiting patiently in the wings.
They push for war in the region, and other places, and they want to impeach him of Biden does that, what hypocrisy
I don’t think you can include Massie amongst the “they”. He seems like one of the few half assed decent ones.
” …. without Congressional approval. ” You missed the declarative clause. US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 specifically grants the power “to declare war” to Congress.
Our founders saw it as a limit on presidential power and for most of our history the clause was read broadly with Congressional approval sought for both formal war declarations and lesser uses of force. In modern times, post WW2, presidents have used military force without consent of congress.
You may note the US has done a lot more warmongering in “modern times.”
You are correct the President can not declare war. However, under Article II as commander of the arm forces he may take actions to protect US troops and the nation. The war power acts sorts is all out.
He’s only commander in chief when the troops are “called into the service of the United States.”
How does that happen?
The only obvious answer in the Constitution is that Congress declares war.
If he really wanted to protect uninvited troops in Syria, he’d withdraw all of them.
Truman, damn his soul, set the precedent with Korea of going to war without as much as a fig leaf from Congress. Truman also used nukes against cities in Japan. In addition, Truman approved the creation of the CIA. Truman makes me wish I believed in God, so I could imagine him burning in Hell.
So scary how with it Biden is in that short clip, compared to the incoherent mess we currently have to deal with.
Once the testosterone starts flowing, there will be no stopping it.
More likely they will get rid of Biden if he doesn’t start a war.
“More likely they will get rid of Biden if he doesn’t start a war.”
You mean another war.
I salute Massie’s efforts. However, lets’ face it, he is likely the only one in Congress who would vote to impeach Biden for going to war in Iran or anywhere. Which brings me to the funny memories every time we say that some other country’s government is “very corrupt.”
He might be the only one to vote to impeach Biden for going to war with Iran, but he’d still be joined by every R in congress. And every idiot D would vote against. That’s how the game works.
Plus Biden was the right hand man of Bush’s wars. In fact, he could out neoconservative the neoconservatives.
Biden should be impeached for genocide. But no one has the guts or moral reach for that.
Ukraine was once called the most corrupt government. They ain’t got nothing on us.
It is still corrupt. Where are all those weapons we are giving them going too?
It might just be a tit for a tat from the Republican congressman. Moral standing is very lacking nowadays from the whole Congress.
I don’t think so. AIPAC is after his ass so you know he’s doing something right.
AIPAC, the successor to the AZC. Which should have been forced to register as a foreign agent.
But some animals are more equal than others.
That is funny, right there. Where were the calls for impeachment when President George W. Bush unleashed “shock and awe” on Iraq, based on flat out lies?????
Good luck with that. The Swamp creatures mostly love Middle East WAR.