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A resolution Mr. Kaine introduced Monday would require explicit congressional authorization or a formal declaration of war before U.S. forces could take direct action against Iran. It faces long odds on Capitol Hill given Republicans’ reluctance to challenge Mr. Trump’s power, but it could prompt a vibrant debate as lawmakers in both parties warn against involving the United States in the escalating conflict.
The measure is a direct invocation of the War Powers Resolution, a 1973 federal law intended to be a check on the president’s power to enter an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. While it would still allow Mr. Trump to authorize military action in self-defense in the event of an imminent attack, it would compel him to seek approval before carrying out any offensive operations against Iran.
So that video claiming to be from anonymous, saying they have have knowledge a false flag attack will be used as an excuse to go to war...
Not saying that is actually anonymous or that they actually have any evidence, but also not sure how much evidence you really need to make a fairly accurate guess as to what the writing on the wall will be.
On the one hand needing congressional approval might not even matter bc Republicans have done just about everything asked of them up to this point. However, it does seem like we may be seeing some Republicans questioning if being loyalists will really help them retain their power when the midterms roll around.
If something were to happen like what anonymous/whoever is posing as anonymous is claiming, it could quickly swing in the other direction. Everybody was antiwar by the time Bush finally left office, but nobody wanted to be accused of not being a patriot in 2001.
Like a false flag attack on US soil or base?
Or sinking an aircraft carrier off the coast of Yemen. They've been practising by dropping some planes overboard first.
They are claiming us soil, but there is no indication the person in the video is credible. https://lemm.ee/post/66966221
Then again who the fuck knows what's going on anymore.. https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1ld959k/the_amount_of_people_trying_to_evacuate_tehran/
A resolution by Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia would require congressional approval before U.S. troops could engage in hostilities against Iran.
Isn't that literally already the law?
Sorta. Congress has the power to declare war, but the President has the power to direct the military in war and in "peace". The War Powers Act was supposed to constrain that power, which limits military action without Congressional Approval to 60 days (plus 30 for withdrawal). But no President has acknowledged that that law is constitutional. Plus 90 days is a long time in modern warfare.
Only legally
I would like to see him in a padded cell but I guess we have to start somewhere.
Take the pads out and we've got something. Put him in that cliffside jail cell Tyrion got put in on game of thrones. If he gets to the level of hopelessness that he jumps, I'll call it good. I just don't think he has that level of awareness to understand... Almost anything really, but specifically that things aren't just going to somehow work out for him like he's some kind of fat, evil Sterling Archer.
Basically he want everybody to be involved in when and how to fight Iran
Too late.