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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Trump invades Iran, will he be impeached by his own party?
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
(60,079 posts)net worth will take a jump.
SSJVegeta
(3,153 posts)Im wondering if there's enough of an anti war/ isolationist foundation among the base to keep opposition alive.
Scrivener7
(60,079 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
(3,153 posts)Or am I being delusionally optimistic?
Scrivener7
(60,079 posts)save them.
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(16,487 posts)SSJVegeta
(3,153 posts)Impeachment is a civil, not criminal process.
surfered
(14,310 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
(16,994 posts)Scrivener7
(60,079 posts)Silent Type
(12,412 posts)0rganism
(25,715 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
(12,094 posts)Im very afraid he is considering nukes, and that, I think, might just get him impeached and convicted.
SSJVegeta
(3,153 posts)Jedi Guy
(3,501 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
(2,331 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
(2,755 posts)And they would sent him money.
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