Does everyone agree this White House Senate meeting is about "Here is why we have to go to war

[stevenleser]

against North Korea" ?

Does anyone disagree?

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	Yes, the meeting is about selling a war against North Korea to the Senate
	5 (71%)
	No, I don't think the meeting is about that
	1 (14%)
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	1 (14%)
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[MFM008]

1. its pretty transparent

and I hope some democrat mentions RUSSIA alot.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Meh, it is a dog and pony show

Tillerson is going to tell them what they already know. It is theater to make FF45 look like he is involved in a flurry of actual governance.............just more scams.

[maryellen99]

3. Yes I'm resigned to the fact

That Trump is going to nuke NK/Start WW3.

[ginnyinWI]

4. it may just be a show designed to intimidate Kim Jung-Un. n/t

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Steven, sell? Since when does this bunch of outright criminals

think they have to "sell" anything to anybody.

This is going to be a meeting where the Senate is told what is going to happen and why, as a courtesy, and even THAT surprises me.

Trump and just about everybody in his administration are guilty of crimes, multiple crimes. The war is needed to avoid justice.

[global1]

6. The Barnum And Baily Trump Circus Is Just Directing Our Attention To....

Ring #3. It is showmanship from Trump to make it look like he is doing something.

Have any of the Senators posited on what this meeting is about? Have any of them been interviewed before they got on the bus?

[kentuck]

7. They may have satelite photos?

That are not available at other secure locations?

[PearliePoo2]

8. Does anyone know what time is this gathering supposed to commence? nt.

[Orrex]

9. Trump is going to circumcise all of them.

All. Of. Them.

[bettyellen]

10. I'm guessing they will try to get the senate to keep their mouths shut and they should not....

The disturbing thing is they want to do everything without a paper trail. Or witnesses. Transparency has never been more important.

[sarisataka]

11. I said no because

The word war in the traditional definition. If it was to get approval to launch ground-based military operations against North Korea the meeting would not have been delayed as long as it has. It would have been done days ago.

I also doubt that it is about an immediate strike against North Korea. If that were the case it would only consult the members of the Armed Forces Committee and head Republicans. The full Senate has too many voices that will want to be heard.

Do I think it is about North Korea and possible military options being discussed, yes. Likely this meeting is an attempt to avoid the Syria Fiasco of having so many senators say they should have been informed. The administration will claim this is a blanket announcement of any potential future strikes.

Also it is helping to establish a pecking order. He makes the Senate come to him thus he has peed higher on the tree.

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. It's a command performance for the benefit of Lord Rump.

Just so he knows who's with him and who's agin' him, one co-equal branch of government will show just how co-equal it is by showing up when ordered and lining up to kiss the Royal Posterior.

And after His Worship's Royal Decree, yummy chocolate cake will be served and a good time will be had by almost all.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. I think it's a reaction to the Senate's reaction to the bombing of the empty Syrian air base.

We bombed an empty Syrian airbase in response to the Assad government gassing its people, and many in the Senate expressed some concern that they were never conferred about this beforehand even though we did tell Russia beforehand (hence the fact that the base was empty when we attacked it.)

So in response to this criticism, they're doing this dog and pony show to prove that yes, they did talk to the Senate before doing exactly what they planned to do in the first place, which is to bomb North Korea.

[MuseRider]

14. Hopefully

they are going to talk to them before and it is not a case of, as you are sitting here we are......enjoy your cake.

[politicaljunkie41910]

15. I think it about something else. See link below.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8982749

[randome]

16. Do we know that Trump will even be there? He doesn't do well in groups of less than thousands.

Or at distances of less than tens of yards.
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[mulsh]

17. I think its about controlling the media's attention more than anything else. of course just about

everything the Kremlin Klan does is an attempt to distract the media. OOO look there's another shiny object, let's nuke it.

[moondust]

18. Maybe an attempted bribe.

TheRump may be assuming that everybody in Congress wants to live in the White House so he invites them all over to whet their appetites and let them schmooze with the king in all his glory. In return for the king's "generosity" he expects them to give him stuff that he wants. Quid pro quo.