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Rhiannon12866

(254,195 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:30 AM Yesterday

How Was Trump Able to Start Iran War Without Congressional Approval? - Amanpour and Company PBS



Yesterday the Senate failed to invoke the War Powers Act to authorize military activity in Iran. Today the House takes up the challenge. Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman reminds Hari Sreenivasan of presidents in the recent past whose war-making went unchecked, leading to this moment. - Originally aired on March 5, 2026.
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How Was Trump Able to Start Iran War Without Congressional Approval? - Amanpour and Company PBS (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Yesterday OP
for the same reason he does EVERYTHING Skittles Yesterday #1
Semantics. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #2
And yet we just learned of a 7th American death. How many deaths will the American people tolerate?? Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #3
K&R 2naSalit Yesterday #4
Now the MSM is saying they planed this with Netanyahu for weeks. Don Spikers 21 hrs ago #5

no_hypocrisy

(54,759 posts)
2. Semantics.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:33 AM
Yesterday

If Trump & Co. had called the Iran "action" a "war," there would be delay, if not outright intransigence, by the Pentagon while their legal teams parsed through military caselaw and constitutional caselaw to see if starting a war without Congress would be an "illegal act". (See Mark Kelly.)

By promoting the fallacy that it was just another American military police action, in-and-out, it wasn't technically a "war", and that the Pentagon and all branches of the military could just do whatever Trump and Hegseth told them to do.

So . . . . when is a war not a war?

Rhiannon12866

(254,195 posts)
3. And yet we just learned of a 7th American death. How many deaths will the American people tolerate??
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:48 AM
Yesterday

And certainly this will lead to discussion in Congress. Not to mention the felon-in-chief keeps changing the amount of time American troops will be involved in this "police action," and he's discussed authorizing boots on the ground...

Don Spikers

(5 posts)
5. Now the MSM is saying they planed this with Netanyahu for weeks.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:08 PM
21 hrs ago

Starting wars without the input from our congress is a crime to me. The ppl of this country have no say when our families go to war that creates death and debt that it brings to this nation. Trump and many others plan to profit off this war. Now I heard today that Trump and Netanyahu planed this for weeks. Hearings need to be held and a bill passed where no president unilaterally can start wars without congress. We can attack back if attacked, otherwise not way. We have been down this road to many times already. One person should not have that power.

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