Tim Kaine blasts Trump over Iran
Sen. Tim Kaine, who has battled for years to reassert Congressional responsibility for sending U.S. troops into combat, is worried President Trump is leading the United States toward war with Iran.
“Our troops are not your pawns. This isn’t toy soldiers that you move around a table. These are living, breathing, feeling people,” he said, in an interview on the MSNBC network.
“Virginia is a very military state. I have a kid in the military. When you talk about, and it comes out: 125,000 troops in the Middle East – the President may think that’s a bluff, but do you know what that does to military families who have already seen their members deployed over and over again into the Middle East?” Kaine added.
Kaine said he was dismayed the U.S. pulled out of a multi-lateral agreement through which Iran slowed its nuclear efforts.
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tRump wants to (eventually) attack Iran for going against the deal HE withdrew from.
Talk about your Crotch-22! 
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