Trump's Iran Big Lie Gets Completely Obliterated
The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), debunked Trump's big lie justification for attacking Iran.
Republicans and the Trump administration have struggled to provide a justification for their war in Iran.
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The justification that Trump provided for the attack in his video was:
Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades, they rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and we can’t take it anymore.
Instead, they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and to continue developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas, and could soon reach the American homeland. Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they ever had, and actually were armed with, nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message.
For these reasons, the United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.
The idea that Iran had weapons that could soon reach the United States was Trump’s justification for the attack, but the administration has provided zero evidence that Iran posed any sort of immediate threat to the US.
The reason why the administration hasn’t made a case to the American people to justify their actions is because they apparently don’t have one.
Even worse, a leader who has seen the intel debunked Trump’s big lie.
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said on CNN’s State Of The Union:
I think the president has started a war of choice.
There was no imminent threat to the United States. So, the decision to put our service members in harm’s way and bases around the region in harm’s way was entirely based upon the president’s decision, not an imminent threat to America.
I think it is incumbent that the president of the United States comes before the American people and the Congress and makes the case of why he has chosen to go to war at this point.
Warner went on to shatter Trump’s lie.
