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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDem. Senator (Coons): Attacks on Saudi oil refineries 'may call for military action against Iran'
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/461582-democratic-senator-attacks-on-saudi-oil-refineries-may-call-for-military-actionSen. Christopher Coons (D-Del.) said Monday that the U.S. may need to use military force against Iran if intelligence reports determine Tehran was behind recent attacks on two Saudi oil refineries.
This may well be the thing that calls for military action against Iran if thats what the intelligence supports, Coons said Monday on Fox & Friends. Coons said it seems credible that Iran is responsible for Saturday's attacks, arguing that the Houthis the Yemeni rebels supported by Iran dont have the sort of advanced drones that carried out the strikes.
The Houthis claimed responsibility for the strikes, but U.S. officials have blamed Iran. Liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org criticized Coons's remarks about possible military action, calling the comments reckless.
Senator Coons going on Fox and giving ammunition to Trump administration war hawks who are trying to push the U.S. into a costly, avoidable war with Iran is shameful and beyond dangerous, MoveOn campaign director Justin Krebs said in a statement.
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W_HAMILTON
(7,876 posts)I never had a problem with him before, but with his comments about Beto's gun comments, and now this...he is appearing on my radar now for all the wrong reasons.
Celerity
(43,589 posts)He was a Co-sponsor of it
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triron
(22,026 posts)He is a sellout to repukes sometimes.
His bs on Iran is just that.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Be heroes and stop Kavenaugh.
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)hlthe2b
(102,419 posts)I doubt there is a lot of consensus among the rest, either.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Cosmocat
(14,575 posts)Agreed, let them handle their own business.
alwaysinasnit
(5,075 posts)It stinks to high heaven, much like Bush's "proof" that Iraq had WMD's.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Karadeniz
(22,587 posts)leftstreet
(36,117 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,324 posts)work for Saudi Arabia?
JCMach1
(27,580 posts)State of drone technology and usage in assymetrical warfare...
ecstatic
(32,748 posts)notinkansas
(1,096 posts)It is too obscene an action to even consider.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Saudi Arabia has been bombing Yemen. The US shouldn't take Saudi Arabia's side in this war.