Summary
JD Vance angered senior Republicans after questioning Trump’s directive to strike the Houthis in Yemen during a Signal chat with top officials.
Some GOP lawmakers viewed Vance’s objections—framed as anti-European and pro-MAGA—as an attempt to obstruct Trump’s decision.
The Trump administration is escalating military actions, including deploying B-2 bombers, carriers, and missile systems, signaling a sustained campaign.
Critics fear entanglement similar to Iraq.
I get the sentiment of some to be all “tHeY’rE mAd AbOuT aN aPp, NoT bOmBiNg CiVilIaNs!” but we’ve been bombing civilians for 25 years now, while the Signal controversy is new. You can (and should) be mad about both things but right now we need to recognise that the Signal scandal is giving us leverage on both sides on the aisle to move against this administraion.
We’d be fools not to lean in and leverage this moment
Time flies, I’m sorry to tell you but you’ve been bombing civilians for quite a few more decades than that.
Yes, but I was making rough reference to our current posture on the middle east (quarter-century, war-on-terror) which I felt was an appropriate start point to the current discussion