Commenters:
‘And just like that America is now in another war, no vote, no congress, One man decided to start a war.’
‘Trump has just dragged US into the middle east clusterfuck. Again. What a time to be alive.’ '3 straight Republican presidents. It's kind of their thing.'
‘A Republican president dragging the US into a war in the Middle East over the supposed presence of nuclear weapons? How original’
I'm curious what they'll say on the All In Podcast next Friday. They've been saying at least this president won't ... and this president is for peace ... etc. They already were struggling to maintain their support two weeks ago after the passing of the giant mystery spending bill.
'Every minor US agency or outpost just became a target for Iran, and the USA doesn't have enough resources to protect them all. And if Fordu wasn't destroyed, and it was under a lot a lot of hard rock, then the USA just entered a war that's going to last awhile.'
'We just directly attacked state sites of a foreign country, unprovoked, and without cause.
'This really needs to be a red line for Republicans - he circumvented congressional approval, which is a truly sacred power that belongs to congress.'
‘By bypassing congress that should make it an illegal act of war.’
Reddit post: ‘Ro Khanna calls for all members of Congress to immediately return to DC and vote on his bill to strip Trump of the ability to drag America into war with Iran. What do you think they should do?’
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Although you could maybe have said this about any time, maybe now the weaknesses of Republican Democracy will bring about some change in the actual form of government (not quickly, but maybe it will start).
'My father went to Desert Storm because of a conservative middle eastern war, I went to Afghanistan for a conservative middle eastern war and now they are trying to drag my son into another conservative middle eastern war.
'Another false pretense of nuclear weapons and now we may have more American deaths over the arrogance and ignorance of men who would never fight their own battles.
'I fully expect every red hat youth is excited to sign up for the war because you should be the ones on the front line for your dear leader.'
'US military analyst Mike Lyons is being interviewed on ABC Australia, and the propaganda defending the strike is extraordinary.
'He claims that it was “an act of war”, but that the “US is not at war with Iran”.'
'Some relevant legislation you might contact your representatives about supporting:
'S.J. Res. 59: Introduced in the Senate by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), this joint resolution aims to set limits on the President's ability to use military force against Iran.
'H.Con.Res.38 introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)], joined by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA): This House concurrent resolution, also known as the War Powers Resolution, directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in Iran.
'S.2087 introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): This bill aims to prohibit the use of federal funds for military force against Iran, unless specifically authorized by Congress.'