Argument Against Impeaching a Defense Secretary Over Military Operations

In the 250 years of our American republic, no secretary of war or secretary of defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations.

And in our case, successful ones at that.

Not once. War powers resolution or not. Not under Reagan in Lebanon, not under Clinton in Kosovo, not under Obama in Iraq and Syria, not under Biden in Iraq and Syria.

That's the standard. The history is clear and it's very straightforward.

And one disgruntled congressman wants to shred it over policy disagreements.

That's what it is, policy disagreements.

Not high crimes, not misdemeanors, not treason, not bribery, not the kinds of offenses the founders intended when they wrote the impeachment clause.

The proper remedy for a policy disagreement, it's legislation.

It's debate. It's the next presidential election.

It's not handing the House and Senate floor to the Democrats so that they can run a show trial against the president and the secretary of war while Republicans still control Congress and should be delivering wins for the American people.