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Poll question: What are the chances of him being impeached by Republicans if Trump were to invade Iran with American troops?
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Scrivener7
(56,502 posts)net worth will take a jump.
SSJVegeta
(1,156 posts)Im wondering if there's enough of an anti war/ isolationist foundation among the base to keep opposition alive.
Scrivener7
(56,502 posts)He won't be impeached.
But, understand that when they put cameras into phones, I said, "Who's going to want that?" So what do I know?
SSJVegeta
(1,156 posts)Or am I being delusionally optimistic?
Scrivener7
(56,502 posts)save them.
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(15,659 posts)SSJVegeta
(1,156 posts)Impeachment is a civil, not criminal process.
surfered
(8,028 posts)I wouldn't put it past his potential impeachment lawyers to argue that his "absolute immunity" granted by the Supreme Court extends to immunity from impeachment though.
CentralMass
(16,331 posts)Scrivener7
(56,502 posts)Silent Type
(10,521 posts)0rganism
(25,249 posts)When F47 sends the military after Iran, he'll probably get a 15-point approval boost for the next week as the nation wargasms. Any other Republican president would probably get a 25-point bump but 15 is enough for F47.
Remember, we're always one false-flag terrorist attack away from F47 having a 90%+ approval rating.
Remember when we invaded Iraq and it suddenly became anti-American to criticize Bush, the war hero president?
rsdsharp
(11,082 posts)Im very afraid he is considering nukes, and that, I think, might just get him impeached and convicted.
SSJVegeta
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Jedi Guy
(3,349 posts)Far more likely he'll approve airstrikes using the MOP bunker-buster in an attempt to take out the underground enrichment facilities the Israelis don't have the ordnance to deal with. I imagine there are plenty of other targets he'll approve for airstrikes, perhaps including Khamenei himself, always assuming we can find him now since Trump blurted out that we knew where he was and were just choosing not to strike.
Dropping bunker-busters on their labs or blowing up other infrastructure is one thing. Assassinating Khamenei, though, is far and away something else and would be a very dangerous escalation on the entire world stage. Most nations have a sort of unspoken "gentlemen's agreement" that they won't try to assassinate the heads of state of other nations. Crossing that line would be a big deal.
In any case, I'll be extremely shocked if Trump authorizes boots on the ground in Iran beyond using special forces in select roles. It's one thing to blow their shit up from the air, quite another to send in thousands and thousands of troops.
rollin74
(2,204 posts)that the U.S. might invade Iran
The question is whether or not air strikes will be authorized to use bunker buster munitions to strike fortified nuclear facilities
taxi
(2,403 posts)And they would sent him money.