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Memo Justifying Iran Strike Cites No Imminent Threat
February 15, 2020 at 5:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 31 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/15/memo-justifying-suleimani-strike-cites-no-imminent-threat/
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The White House told Congress on Friday that President Trump authorized the strike last month that killed Irans most important general to respond to attacks that had already taken place and deter future ones, contradicting the presidents claim that he acted in response to an imminent threat, the New York Times reports.
In a legally mandated, two-page unclassified memo to lawmakers, the White House asserted that the strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani was in response to an escalating series of attacks in preceding months by Iran and Iran-backed militias.
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The Orange anus hired our Military out to his Sponsors the Saudi and Emertraties.
unitedwethrive
(2,016 posts)And we don't even get security briefings.
