https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/world/middleeast/iran-plane-crash-boeing-ukraine.htmlA Boeing 737 carrying 180 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran because of technical problems, according to the Iranian Students News Agency, a state-run media agency.
The conditions of the passengers and crew were not immediately known.
The plane was bound for Ukraine, the news agency reported. Perfect, one can blame Iran, US, or whoever else for this that fits the narrative they believe.
Oh this is great.... Here comes the slew of (warranted) conspiracy theories that are going to be fun to read through for days.
Where is Pelosi? Congress needs to put the leash on Trump instead of just sitting by while he takes us to war.
I don't think Congress will be able to slow this down, the War Powers Resolution is vague enough that it might as well not exist, and they would need a veto proof majority to pass a new one.
Best chance of things slowing down enough to begin some sort of negotiation would probably be someone who can really kiss his ass and make him feel good, like Rand Paul or Lindsay Graham or even Mitch, convincing Trump that his maximum pressure strategy could have a worse result than Bush and Iraq and offering some scenario for him to back down and convince his followers he didn't actually back down and any negative side effects are 100% the democrats fault.
Oh yeah, Congress literally cant. They ceded all of their powers to the executive and this is what they get for it. I don't want this to be the case, but Congress should never have done this. This is literally what happens when the parties continue to give up power to 'their people' (meaning whenever their parties president is in office) and then it bites them in the ass.
Sigh. Really hoping for things like this to change, but it probably wont.
