Republican Nancy Mace walked out of a House Armed Services briefing on Iran and then warned against the U.S. sending troops into Iran.
Mace posted a string of comments on social media slamming Trump’s war.
The South Carolina Republican later added, “Washington’s war machine is hard at work. They are trying to drag us into Iran to make it another Iraq. We can’t let them.”
Mace added in another post, “The justifications presented to the American public for the war in Iran were not the same military objectives we were briefed on today in the House Armed Services Committee. This gap is deeply troubling. The longer this war continues, the faster it will lose the support of Congress and the American people.”
Mace’s comments come a day after Trump ordered 3,000 more U.S. troops to the Middle East, which was first reported by Fox News Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin on Tuesday.
Discussions of boots on the ground have ramped up in recent days after Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Sunday, “So here’s what I tell President Trump: keep it up for a few more weeks, take Kharg Island where all of the resources they have to produce oil, control that island, let this regime die on a vine.” Kharg Island hosts one of Iran’s key energy production facilities. Maybe we can send Lindsey to the front lines if he’s so bloodthirsty.
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