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It's not "USA", it's Trump. No debate in Senate, no declaration of war, no House vote. You need to reset your assumptions.

• beanjuiceII 7mo ago
  talk about needing to reset assumptions lol
• krapp 7mo ago
  It is absolutely, unequivocably and undeniably "USA". Trump was elected by the American people, twice, and the US hasn't actually declared a war since World War 2. So the precedent for the President to just go bomb whomever they want and ask permission later (and get it after the fact) is already well established and accepted. And the US has been talking around war with Iran ever since they were added to the Axis of Evil by GWB. As for why, the obvious answer is distraction from the Epstein Files but apparently Trump just "had a feeling" Iran was about to attack the US and this was considered a "preemptive strike." Again, not at all outside of the MO of the nation that ginned up the Global War on Terror on entirely false pretenses.
• cosmicgadget 7mo ago
  Nah, we have to own up to the fact that we elected him. It's uncharitable to say the majority of Americans want this conflict, but the magas won the presidency and both houses. The president is empowered to use the military without explicit congressional approval. There was a recent vote in congress on whether or not to reign this in, it failed.
• tastyface 7mo ago
  The entire Republican party is complicit. "Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on the conflict" https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-senate-vote-war-powers-06f9465c16218f90192f7502baa736eb https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-senate-vote-war-powers-0...