What say you, Congress, on war in Iran?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor and Charlie Hunt / For The Conversation

Despite the scale of its military assault on Iran, the Trump administration’s reasons for entering into war have been inconsistent and vague, from regime change to the destruction of nuclear weapons, preempting military action by Israel, or the more chilling decree of following “God’s divine plan.”

Politicians, pundits and even social media users have been quick to point out the contradictions of these justifications; regime change is impossible from the air, especially when you kill the alternatives, and weren’t those nuclear weapons already destroyed?

But the “why” for entering into war matters beyond scoring political points.

Why, and how, a president engages in military action has serious implications for the constitutional authority of any wartime action and, specifically, whether Congress has any hope of checking the warmaking of a president.

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[J_William_Ryan]

1. This Republican Congress has no desire to check this warmongering president.

As with most everything else, Congressional Republicans have abandoned their authority concerning war to the Trump regime – Republican cowards fearful of retaliation by the regime for opposing Trump’s illegal war.

And so, the waste of billions of dollars, munitions, and American lives continues.

Of course, it’s not just Trump, it’s Republican cowards who facilitate Trump’s corruption and crimes.