Ted Lieu: Trump Can't 'Launch Missiles Because He Sees Images That Offend Him'
There's likely just a small handful of people who truly understand the motives, strategy and objectives of the missile strikes authorized by Trump in Syria. Unfortunately, they are not concerned about human life, they are not patriotic Americans. They are Republicans or Russians.
We do know one thing for certain: Syria has dominated the news. Who cares about the unorthodox confirmation of Gorsuch or how we should relax regulations on poisoning air or water, when you can 'unite' the country against a foreign entity, right? We've seen this technique before, as the constant barrage of ghastly news from Trump's reign comes at us like a 'tennis ball machine' on the highest setting.
Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke with MSNBC's Katy Tur about this suspicious and nefariously engineered crisis.
TUR: A little bit earlier you released a statement that reads in part, President Bashar al-Assad's latest attack on his own people was heartbreaking. The law does not allow 'president' Trump to act without Congress. His unilateral decision to launch 59 Tomahawk missiles at another country's military that has not attacked us was unconstitutional.
Congressman Lieu, do you believe the only justification for using military force should be if we ourselves are attacked?