As with most things, Winston Churchill said it best.  “When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”  Churchill was referring to the fact that, strong leaders, who throughout history have been compared to high-flying eagles, often are confronted by chattering from the bottom feeding rabble of political life.

That sentiment probably didn’t originate with Churchill, but likely goes back to one of Aesop’s fables, The Eagle, The Jackdaw, and the Magpie.  Here again, the eagle is the ruler of the smaller birds.  In Aesop’s telling, the eagle’s solemn assemblies often were disrupted by impertinent conduct from the noisy chattering of the magpie and the jackdaw (a crow), who each sought precedence in the Eagle’s court.  The eagle decreed that “the greater fool of the two shall in future take precedence.”  The moral of the story, “only fools try to be self-important.”

I was reminded of these sentiments in the aftermath of last Saturday’s U.S. bombing of nuclear sites in Iran.  For many years, President Trump has vowed that Iran would not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons.  That long has been a stated U.S. policy, but Trump is the first president to take real action.

In 1984, President Reagan named Iran a State sponsor of terrorism.  In 2002, President Bush included them in the Axis of Evil.  In 2003, evidence of the production of enriched uranium was found in Iran.  In 2013, Il Duce Obama and “Bolt Neck” John Kerry concocted “the Iran nuclear deal,” which was supposed to slow down the Iranian nuclear program.

The plan was a shameful ruse, which did nothing to end Iranian production of nuclear weapons, resulted in no inspections, and involved us sending pallets loaded with cash to Iran.  Iran used the money to continue enriching uranium, and to fund terrorist organizations.  Thousands of Americans have been killed and maimed by Improvised Explosive Devices supplied by Iran.  Trump ended the deal in his first term.

In recent weeks, evidence came to light suggesting that Iran was months away from producing 11 nuclear warheads to be mated to the short-range missiles and ICBM’s that Iran has been producing.  That prompted the Israelis to act.

President Trump devoted a good deal of time to attempts to end the war between Iran and Israel.  He offered to host talks.  The Iranians refused to participate.  Last Thursday, the President set a two week deadline for negotiations.  On Friday, the Iranian Foreign Minister declared that there was nothing to talk about.  The next day, the U.S. struck the nuclear sites.  As this is written, a shaky cease fire has ended the fighting between Israel and Iran.

Yet while the end of a Mideast war might seem to be a positive development, many of the jackdaws, magpies, and parrots who inhabit the Democrat Party are incensed to the extent that, this week, they tried for a third time to impeach President Trump.  They failed.  The vote was 344 to 79.

What’s their beef this time?  President Trump ordered the strike on Iran without first asking the Congress for its permission.  This is, to say the least, hyperbole.  It is to say the most, pure bullshit.

At issue is the War Powers Resolution, a 1973 law, enacted over the veto of President Nixon.  The law, which never has been interpreted by the Supreme Court, is of questionable constitutionality.  Article I of the Constitution says the Congress shall declare war.  Article II makes the President the Commander in Chief of the military.

Legal or not, the War Powers Resolution makes clear that a President may order any military action he sees fit, including committing troops, for a period of 90 days without the need for any Congressional approval.

In the case of Iran, the Administration gave appropriate notice to Congressional leaders before the strikes.  The incursion stationed no troops overseas, and our forces were engaged for a matter of hours, and then withdrawn.  But that wasn’t good enough for the Trump-hating Democrats.

The reigning queen of the magpies, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said Trump “has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.  It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

Rep. Sean Casten called the bombing without the approval of Congress an “unambiguous impeachable offense.”  This imbecile added, “No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress.”  I guess the imminent production of nuclear weapons by people who continually chant “Death to America,” and who have killed thousands of Americans, doesn’t represent a threat.

The usual leftist suspects also chimed in.  Bernie Sanders called Trump’s strikes “grossly unconstitutional.”  Rep. Val Demings complained, “The President does not have the authority to start a war with Iran at the expense of the American people without congressional approval.”

Rep. Jim Himes, vied for the role of king of the jackdaws by carping that he did not have notice of the attacks as other members of Congress had.  “According to the Constitution, we are both sworn to defend.”  “My attention to this matter comes BEFORE bombs fall.  Full stop.”

This is pure idiocy.  Consultation with 535 blabbermouths, half of whom are crazed practitioners of sedition, would turn a surprise attack into a suicide mission, destined to fail.

But by far, the sharpest comments came from that parrot princess from Texas, Jasmine Crockett.  “I am a black woman in America who just happens to be educated enough to know what the law is.”  “If you Google war and authority and Constitution, you’re gonna see Congress.  He could have hollered at us on Monday.”  Yeah, Jasmine.  Didn’t Trump know it was the weekend?  How dare he exceed the 40 hour work week just to prevent a nuclear war?

She must have Googled the wrong terms, because Crockett added, “I’m the one that’s supposed to make the fucking  decision” on bombing Iran.”  Somebody should “holla” at her to shut her piehole.

This Democrat jabbering is wrong, dangerous, and designed to give aid and comfort to our enemies.  And as with all things Democrat, it’s blatant hypocrisy.  A President (named Trump) needs Congressional approval to order a military action?  Really?

President Clinton sent troops to Haiti and Bosnia without approval.  Clinton also ordered airstrikes in Kosovo and Iraq, and he famously used missiles to destroy an aspirin factory in Sudan.  No Democrat complained.

President Biden bombed Yemen for eight months.  No Democrat complained.

Il Duce Obama takes the cake, however.  The recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ordered 563 airstrikes on Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen without approval.  In Yemen, instead of hitting al Qaeda, he used cluster munitions to kill 55 people, including 33 women and children.  Obama ordered the Navy Seals to Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden without approval.  Obama committed troops to Jordan, Uganda and Turkey.  Obama bombed Syria, Somalia, and Yemen, and sent the Navy to the Straight of Hormuz, all without Congressional approval.  No Democrat complained.

The latest jabbering of the Democrat jackdaws, magpies and parrots must be attributed to their chronic Trump Derangement Syndrome.  Eagles cannot, and will not, be bothered by the endless chattering of these annoying scavengers and preening parrots.