Crisis in the middle east. Yesterday, President Trump ordered the assassination of a top iranian general. With the leader of an iraqi militia. This is a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to another in disastrous war in the middle east. Livescould cost countless and trillions more dollars and lead to even more deaths, more inflict, more displacement the already highly volatile region of the world. When i voted against the war in feared that it would result in greater destabilization in that country and in the entire region. At that time, i warned about the deadly socalled unintended consequences of a unilateral invasion. Fear, 17 years later, that has unfortunately turned out to be a truth. 4500nited states has lost brave men and women fighting in iraq. Tens of thousands have been wounded. Hundreds of thousands of iraqis have been killed. Trillions of dollars have been spent on the war. The result, today we have massive unrest in that country. We have corruption in that country
Embassy compound Iraqi Security forces calling it a rocket attack near the celebrations area inside the green zone the another incident happened in the neighborhood in a residential apartment off baghdad and the 3rd incident and north of baghdad inside i have been province and ill balad base where some store rooms were headed and weve also heard from one leader of the militia has been has been our brigade which has been deemed as a terrorist organization by the United States that all iraqi forces should distance themselves from u. S. Bases from sunday on birds so it is a state of high alert for Iraqi Security forces as they brace themselves for what they expect is going to be some sort of a reaction and weve also seen a flurry of diplomatic activity to try and deescalate the situation in that region this is being spearheaded by others foreign minister who went to the iranian capital and met not just the president but his counterpart as well iran insisting that this attack which happene
Countries and its leaders. What happens next . Is our line for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. Join us on social media. We will read your tweets. Send us a text message. That phone number is 202 7488003. Tell us your first name and where you are texting from. We are also on facebook. Good sunday morning. A lot to talk about. Front page of the Washington Post a president vowing reprisal if iran hits u. S. Assets. This story from Bloomberg News the headline fear hits tehran over what comes next. Here are some of the details. Supreme leader promised revenge and thousands gathered in tehran to watch american flags burn. Many show defiance after the assassination of their most prominent military man. In the, the strike that took out Qasem Soleimani capping a year that has been dominated by turmoil and fear. Entail is unclear. U. S. Sanctions efforts the economy and any form of war with the u. S. Would likely be unsustainable for the Islamic Re
A war in the region because if the United States of america iran will avoid any hasty response but it will retaliate for the assassination of sort of money and a us move off of the iranian response will face a more robust action jabari is in tehran where the country foreign minister has traveled for talks as a gulf state urges all parties to exercise restraint. Weve just heard from the Foreign Ministry Qatari Foreign minister mohammad. Funny is in the iranian capital and Holding Dialogue with his iranian counterpart while much of the right we understand that this was a very last minute trip it is the 1st official visit from the Qatari Foreign minister at a very very critical time we believe that he will also be meeting with the iranian president Hassan Rouhani later on saturday these meetings come at a time when the International Community is extremely concerned about how wrong will retaliate to the assassination of Major General money weve also been hearing from marine president Hassa
Otherwise, text us at 202 748 8003. And on twitter cspanwj facebook. Com cspan. Yesterday, florida, President Trump appeared to discuss the airstrike operation and what it means for the u. S. Towe took action last night stop a war. We did not take action to start a war. I have deep respect for the iranian people. They are a remarkable people with an incredible heritage and unlimited potential. We do not seek regime change, however the regimes aggression in the region including the use of proxy fighters to destabilize neighbors must end now. The future belongs to the people of iran, those who seek peaceful coexistence and cooperation, not the terrorists, warlords who plunder their nation to finance bloodshed abroad. The u. S. Has the best military by far anywhere in the world. We have the best intelligence in the world. If americans anywhere are threatened, we have all those targets already fully identified and i am ready and prepared to take whatever action is necessary. That, in parti