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President Trump assassinated Iranian Gen Qassim Suleimani in Baghdad without the authorization, or even the notification, of Congress. The United States is not at war with Iran. Senator Tim Kaine (VA) has said he will invoke The War Powers Act of 1974 requiring that Congress debate entry into a war. This act was passed to reinforce what the Constitution has already plainly stated: that it is The Congress, not the president, which has the sole power to declare war.
Senator Kaine also took this stand during the Obama administration, although he is a Democrat. The Senator said that if the will in Congress is to go to war with Iran, even though he very much opposes yet another war in the middle east, that he will support it. (He has a son on active duty in he marines now.) He is very disturbed that Congress was nt consulted, as the Constitution requires, however.
When asked if this could have been an emergency and thus a case in which the president was exempt from The War Powers Act, he said there was no way to know since the president had not bothered to brief Congress.
I find this very distrubing and yet another breach of the Constitution by President Trump. He has no right to throw us into was with Iran through his unilateral actions.
Senator Kaine also took this stand during the Obama administration, although he is a Democrat. The Senator said that if the will in Congress is to go to war with Iran, even though he very much opposes yet another war in the middle east, that he will support it. (He has a son on active duty in he marines now.) He is very disturbed that Congress was nt consulted, as the Constitution requires, however.
When asked if this could have been an emergency and thus a case in which the president was exempt from The War Powers Act, he said there was no way to know since the president had not bothered to brief Congress.
I find this very distrubing and yet another breach of the Constitution by President Trump. He has no right to throw us into was with Iran through his unilateral actions.
The Killing of Gen. Qassim Suleimani: What We Know Since the U.S. Airstrike (Published 2020)
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised retaliation. The U.S. moved to send more troops to the Middle East. And a deluge of threats on social media.
www.nytimes.com