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Democratic lawmakers are criticizing Trump’s decision to strike against #Iran without congressional approval or seeking a declaration of #war in #Congress. Sen #TimKaine (D-VA), a member of the #Senate Armed Services Cmte, called the #US military campaign “an illegal war” on Fox News.

#Trump #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/01/world/iran-attack-khamenei-trump/886aeeb3-372d-5c16-8c46-9953c4d73349?smid=url-share

https://www.nytimes.com

Update from Minho Kim

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 3 days ago

https://www.nytimes.com

Update from Minho Kim

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 3 days ago

Sen #TimKaine also echoed Sen #MarkWarner (D-VA), the top #Democrat of the #Senate #Intelligence Cmte, saying that “all of the intelligence” he has seen suggests that there was “no imminent threat” from #Iran. He said Iran was “a decade” away from building missiles that could reach the #US.

#Trump #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 3 days ago

#Republican lawmakers are defending Trump’s decision. Sen Dave McCormick (R-PA) said on Fox News that the #WarPowers Resolution of 1973 gives the president 60 days to commit armed forces to #military actions before having to seek congressional approval. Rep Pat Harrigan (R-NC) also said #Trump “followed the law,” echoing the same argument.

#US #Iran #war #warmonger #RegimeChange #law #Congress #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 3 days ago

But the #WarPowers Act gives presidents that limited power for a 60-day #military action ONLY in case of “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States,” a condition that #Democrats say was not met.

Rep #RoKhanna (D-CA), one of the lead sponsors of the War Powers Resolution to rein in #Trump on #Iran, told NBC News that he believes that a vote, expected in the #House this week, will be “very close.”

#US #war #warmonger #RegimeChange #law #Congress #geopolitics #MiddleEast

FinchHaven sfba

@FinchHaven@sfba.social · 3 days ago

@Nonilex

"...ONLY in case of “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States”"

Not in the case of a hypothetical attack a decade in the future *after* #Iran has developed and tested an #ICMB that it is current *not* doing

Once again, one of #Trump's #Whisperers has sold this idiot on Yet Another #MAGA hallucination

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