Iranian General Killed by US Attack

[Pyro as Bill]

SpokenTruth said:

LurkerJ said:

Congress has been useless when it comes to keeping presidents in checks. Bush, Obama and now Trump have turned the entire world into a battlefield using drones outside the context of armed conflicts, which violates international law. One can argue that drone attacks have been worse than armed conflicts due to the shocking disregard for civilians and the fact that they take place outside of war zones. Lack of congressional engagement has become the norm when it comes to acts of war. 

This is certainly not incorrect and really needs to be addressed.  But this one stands out because of the exceptional consequences.  It cannot be understated how close to WWIII this brings us.

We cannot ignore that Russia is a direct military partner of Iran.  China is a secondary military partner.  And North Korea is right there in it too.

Most of our recent wars have not been wars against an entire state....much less 3 major military powers at once with nuclear capabilities.

Turkey can annex chunks of Syria and shoot down Russian jets and yet Iran, China and Russia don't do a thing about it. The only country able able to stop Turkey taking even more land in Syria was the US.

What makes you think some General getting killed will lead to anything?