Users Online Now:
2,079
(
Who's On?
)
Visitors Today:
995,852
Pageviews Today:
1,375,674
Threads Today:
383
Posts Today:
6,494
11:28 AM
Directory
Adv. Search
Topics
Forum
Back to Forum
Back to Thread
REPLY TO THREAD
Subject
BREAKING: The House votes to end American involvement in the Yemen war. Trump expected to veto.
User Name
Font color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Indigo
Violet
Black
Font:
Default
Verdana
Tahoma
Ms Sans Serif
In accordance with industry accepted best practices we ask that users limit their copy / paste of copyrighted material to the relevant portions of the article you wish to discuss and no more than 50% of the source material, provide a link back to the original article and provide your original comments / criticism in your post with the article.
[quote:Anonymous Coward 77443657:MV80MDEyNzU1XzcyNjY5MDg3XzlGMkFGNDAz] [quote:Anonymous Coward 70581126:MV80MDEyNzU1XzcyNjY5MDA0X0NFRkEyRkIx] [quote:Anonymous Coward 70598079:MV80MDEyNzU1XzcyNjY4OTI1XzNDQTYyMTRG] [quote:Anonymous Coward 77530424:MV80MDEyNzU1XzE4RDZGMzI1] Rejecting a plank of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, the House on Thursday invoked never-before-used powers to demand that his administration withdraw support from the Saudi-led war in Yemen . The Senate passed the same resolution in March with bipartisan support. Trump is expected to issue a veto of the measure , his second as president, and Congress does not have the votes to override him. But the action was nonetheless a milestone for lawmakers, who have shown a renewed willingness to assert their war-making powers after letting them atrophy for decades under presidents from both parties. Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican who championed the measure, said it “is long past time that we end U.S. involvement in this unauthorized, unjustified, and immoral war that has caused immense human suffering.” https://apnews.com/263d2069e3a0450b9f6329d01004de0c [/quote] That's totally what we voted for! More wars in places of absolutely no consequence to the U.S. while surrendering without a fight to Mexico. But...Trump will veto and keep the our border open. [/quote] I'm sorry, but this is fucked. [/quote] It's called sucking up to the Saudis. [/quote]
Original Message
Rejecting a plank of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, the House on Thursday invoked never-before-used powers to demand that his administration withdraw support from the Saudi-led war in Yemen . The Senate passed the same resolution in March with bipartisan support.
Trump is expected to issue a veto of the measure , his second as president, and Congress does not have the votes to override him. But the action was nonetheless a milestone for lawmakers, who have shown a renewed willingness to assert their war-making powers after letting them atrophy for decades under presidents from both parties.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican who championed the measure, said it “is long past time that we end U.S. involvement in this unauthorized, unjustified, and immoral war that has caused immense human suffering.”
[
link to apnews.com (secure)
]
Pictures (click to insert)
General
Politics
Bananas
People
Potentially Offensive
Emotions
Big Round Smilies
Aliens and Space
Friendship & Love
Textual
Doom
Misc Small Smilies
Religion
Love
Random
View All Categories
|
Next Page >>