Sudden talk of war with Iran

[struggle4progress]

May 22, 201911:29 AM ET
MARK KATKOV
LARRY KAPLOW

President Trump came into office criticizing the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and promised he would try to avoid foreign military engagements. Yet this month the White House has been talking as if conflict with Iran is suddenly on the table. Trump tweeted over the weekend, "If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran."

But it's not clear if U.S. officials have evidence that Iran "wants to fight" or why the Pentagon has dispatched additional ships and bombers to the Middle East.

National security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have been especially aggressive in their Iran rhetoric ...

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/22/725428447/what-to-know-about-the-sudden-talk-of-war-with-iran

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1. Could start war to thwart impeachment

BY SCOTT WONG - 05/22/19 03:51 PM EDT

A House Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday that President Trump could launch a war with Iran for a purely political reason: to deter Democrats from impeaching him.

“I believe that the president of the United States is on the cusp of taking us to war without the consent of Congress because he fears impeachment. And we all know that if we are at war, the American people would not agree that you should be impeaching a president,” Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) said in an interview in her Capitol Hill office.

“I believe he sees the fence, the walls closing in, that we're circling the wagons, and the circle is getting smaller and smaller. And he thinks we're going to impeach him,” Wilson added. “If he sees the impeachment movement getting too close and too popular, and the American people beginning to side with the Democrats in the House of Representatives, then he will take us to war” ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445086-house-dem-trump-could-start-war-with-iran-to-thwart-impeachment

[spanone]

2. I would not put it past him.

[trev]

5. Diversion is his second middle name

after venal.

[RKP5637]

6. I wouldn't put anything past this creature called tRump. He's a damn demented sick fool. n/t

[liberal N proud]

3. That was before Bolton was in his pack of rays

And before he needs an extreme diversion

[ProudLib72]

4. He starts a conflict. Then Biden or Harris has to come clean up the mess

Reminds me of the last time. How long till the "Mission Accomplished" banner comes out?