It’s the 1st time a MOAB was used in the battlefield, officials say; it was developed during the Iraq War but never used in the battlefield
FIRST ON CNN: The US has dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb in combat on Afghanistanhttp://snpy.tv/2o9Sun1
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So is CNN going to become predictably intoxicated with Trump as all news orgs seems to do anytime a bomb is dropped?
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Then does that make Trump, "The Mother of All Liars"?
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@potus is escalating IMO to draw attn away from#trumprussia...likely not good for equity marketsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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He told us he was going to bomb the sh*t out of them. Seems he should be taken seriously. Showing he's not just schoolyard punch swapping.
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No, he's making other countries mad enough to bomb the s**t out of us.
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I lost many friends in Vietnam and saw that war's effect on my family-that argument won't hold up
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Was there congressional approval?
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Congress needs to approve declarations of war. A bomb can be dropped by Commander-in-Chief order.
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It's debatable, constitution says executive reserves "everything short of war." These are repeated acts of war, it's a blurry line.
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As long as we spread them out over multiple countries, could they argue that they're not technically repeated?
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Depends if congress gets upset, likely not enough will. Unprecedented escalation (in Syria) with MOABs of all things should need approval
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1st,the MOAB wasn't dropped in Syria,& 2nd,short of Nuclear, a commander can use anything in his arsenal without POTUS approval.
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