> Donald Trump has approved plans to attack Iran… <
I trust Trump, completely. But no way in the world should this be his call. America was not attacked by Iran. And America is not under imminent threat from Iran.
The Constitution makes the president the commander-in-chief. But the war-making power rests with Congress. If Iran is such a threat (and it well might be), Trump should go before Congress and make his case.
And yes, I know Congress is filled with idiots. But an imperial presidency is just as bad, if not worse.
Yes it’s down to Congress and your elected Reps
It was set up that way very clearly even though times have changed and all that
The reason they set it up like that is to engender debate and collective responsibility over War decisions
And for all the grief I give GWB on Iraq he did actually go to Congress for Authorization
They invaded our soil by taking over our embassy and taking Americans hostage. That is an act of war. They have been involved in the death of Americans through the financing of Hezbollah and production of IEDs. They should have been stomped out back in 1979.
Did you argue this when Trump dropped bombs on Yemen for weeks earlier this year? Did you argue this when Trump spent weeks bombing Syria in his first term to take out ISIS? When Trump blew up Soleimani? When he even dropped bombs on Somalia? When has the president ever had to get permission from Congress to drop a few bombs, especially when Trump repeated on the campaign trail over and over and over, “Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb,” and he gave them ample time to come to an agreement to denuclearize?
Did Biden get permission from Congress to bomb Yemen? Did Obama for all the countries he bombed? I’m not sure why everyone keeps insisting there has to be special rules for Trump. The best thing possible if we go in is for us to get the bombings over with in a couple of days and help end the war quickly; not have a month’s worth of debate in Congress and attempt to turn something brief and goal-oriented into a “war.”