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Originally Posted by VRPdommy
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...n-war-n1007281
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump may not need Congress to go to war with Iran.
That's the case his lieutenants have been quietly building as tensions between the two nations have escalated.
The key elements involve drawing links between al Qaeda and Iran and casting Iran as a terrorist threat to the U.S. — which is exactly what administration officials have been doing in recent weeks.
That could give Trump the justification he needs to fight Iran under the still-in-effect 2001 use-of-force resolution without congressional approval.
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It is time for the senate to act !
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No surprise there. President's have put us in several wars since WW2 without Congress declaring war.
I mean it's NICE for the Senate to give their "blessing", but with the laws that Congress itself passed handing over a ton of their responsibilities to the Executive Branch...no President has needed Congress to send troops in anywhere in decades.
It's way too late to do anything about the tensions in Iran. BUT...the House and Senate should immediately repeal the laws that they passed giving this power to the Executive Branch.
We basically have the House and Senate full of lifetime power-hungry bureaucrats who don't want to do ANYTHING. Instead of looking at decisions based on what's good for the country, they are too busy weighing each vote to determine if it's good for their careers.
