Starting a war with Iran wouldn't protect trump from impeachment

[ecstatic]

In case anyone else was wondering.

Looking at the Constitution, there are several places where impeachment and war are mentioned (impeachment in Article 1, Sections 2 and 3, Article 2, Sections 2 and 4, and in Article 3, Section 2; war in Article 1, Section 8 and Article 2, Section 2). Reading just these parts, it is clear that there is no provision that stops impeachment during wartime. There is no constitutional bar to impeachment during wartime. There may be political or social blocks to impeachment in wartime, though, but these are outside the purview of this site.

https://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_q127.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm sure that's true.........however...

It would divert our attention to this new shiny, bloody object, and that would interfere with any impeachment proceedings.

[EleanorR]

2. Attempting to impeach a president while were at war?

It absolutely would interfere.

[Ghost Dog]

3. He thinks it would get him re-elected next year.

... And/or let him simply cancel all further elections...

[mitch96]

5. "He thinks it would get him re-elected next year."

Yup, pull the same shit Bush did..
Every president need his war for the history books... uffda..
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[RainCaster]

4. But it makes a good distraction