US Reports: Trump Might Declare War on Iran Without Congress Approval

[Saddam Hussein]

Which group you think?

Most likely a couple of people from whatever group it could be that single-handedly decided to fire a rocket

 

[SIPRA]

Which group you think?

For that matter, it could be US itself, through its proxy.

 

[CrazyZ]

USA Congress approved war against terrorism after 9/11. The same authorization has been used to justify wars in like 10 countries. If IRGC are designated terrorists than he doesn't need any other approvals from USA congress. Its an open ended war authorization.

 

[Mandalorian_CA]

*1000 cruise missiles launching*

just 1 missile launched

 

[925boy]

we don't have any link with al-qaeda.

False. High chance some top AQ officers are in Iran NOW. Some Taliban are also IN Iran NOW also.

When was the last time a President asked Congress for permission to wage war?

It's not like it's required by the Constitution or anything

Agreed. In Federal systems,which US is, the President has the executive power to declare war on his own. In US though, i think, if you are the president and you dont go to war with Congress approval and the war goes bad, you'll probably get impeached though.

A Turk believes this? I thought you were smarter.

US Reports: Trump Might Declare War on Iran Without Congress Approval
An arab believes this? i thought you were smarter than this.

 

[Philip the Arab]

False. High chance some top AQ officers are in Iran NOW. Some Taliban are also IN Iran NOW also.


Agreed. In Federal systems,which US is, the President has the executive power to declare war on his own. In US though, i think, if you are the president and you dont go to war with Congress approval and the war goes bad, you'll probably get impeached though.


US Reports: Trump Might Declare War on Iran Without Congress Approval
An arab believes this? i thought you were smarter than this.

Really? Look at your home country of Somali bruh. Why do you have an Iran fetish?

 

[Timur]

lets see if usaudrael will find a crying princess..

really I am off I dont support anyone here and those ppl deserve destruction if anything like this happens I wont support them and I wont come to help and I wont send help.. let them be divided and killed if they than suddenly cry "ummah ummah we freemasons had been evil help us" may they be cursed for their wickedness and may they find no help..

just wicked ppl with wicked mind

 

[Saddam Hussein]

lets see if usaudrael will find a crying princess..

really I am off I dont support anyone here and those ppl deserve destruction if anything like this happens I wont support them and I wont come to help and I wont send help.. let them be divided and killed if they than suddenly cry "ummah ummah we freemasons had been evil help us" may they be cursed for their wickedness and may they find no help..

just wicked ppl with wicked mind

You attempt to write some ISIS type speech yet it sounds like shit, so delete it

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Dude stop questioning my intelligence. I just guess. If the claims are real and Iran has these airdefense systems in their inventory, it wouldn't be that hard would it be?

So what's your thoughts about it? Do you think they have no air defense systems that they show every day on different platforms?

U.S.A will do electronic war. They will blind their radars & systems before attacking . They will even not know from where missile came and gone.
We know because we suffered, and they blinded our systems , radars during abbottabad raid in Pakistan .

 

[khansaheeb]

U.S.A will do electronic war. They will blind their radars & systems before attacking . They will even not know from where missile came and gone.
We know because we suffered, and they blinded our systems , radars during abbottabad raid in Pakistan .

Really? What evidence do you have?

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Really? What evidence do you have?

Yes our radars & systems were failed.

"PAF officials admitted that the country's air defence procedures had failed, and instead of the response chain being initiated by radar contact, it was started by a phone call. The resulting situation was "fraught with risk", the DCAS(O) said, as the PAF had just sent pilots into a hostile situation with "incomplete information and no situational awareness at all".
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/features/2013/07/201371013940370892.html

 

[khansaheeb]

Yes our radars & systems were failed.

"PAF officials admitted that the country's air defence procedures had failed, and instead of the response chain being initiated by radar contact, it was started by a phone call. The resulting situation was "fraught with risk", the DCAS(O) said, as the PAF had just sent pilots into a hostile situation with "incomplete information and no situational awareness at all".
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/features/2013/07/201371013940370892.html

You believe that then you will believe anything.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

Trump doesn't seem to have decided for a war against Iran, but it looks like the deep state wants this war.

 

[Timur]

You attempt to write some ISIS type speech yet it sounds like shit, so delete it

is that so obvious? nah I let it stay maybe.. next time I use more copy paste they have better speeches than my ones

I forgot to use key words like promised, patience, disgrace, enemy and a good beginning.. and an ending with threats..

 

[macnurv]

Sunday, 19 May, 2019 - 11:30

US aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln is pictured while it travels through the Suez Canal in Egypt May 9, 2019 (Reuters)

Washington- Atef Abdullatif

US administration could launch a military strike against Iran without congressional approval, according to US media reports. The administration is relying on key elements drawing links between al-Qaeda and Iran and casting Iran as a terrorist threat to the US.

Sources in the reports indicated that these elements will give Donald Trump's administration the justification it needs to fight Iran under the still-in-effect 2001 use-of-force resolution without congressional approval.

President Trump has said more than once that he does not want to wage a war against Iran, however, the reports noted that the possibility of a US military strike against Tehran is still possible. The strike is particularly supported by National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to US media reports.

Congress would not give Trump the green light to a strike unless it was needed, as Congress saw it. Most Democrats, and even some Republicans, refuse to engage US forces in another war in the Middle East.

With Congress unlikely to grant Trump new authority to strike Iran under the current circumstances, and amid a campaign of "maximum pressure" against the regime in Tehran, media reports revealed that Trump administration sent strong signals that they will be ready to make an end run around lawmakers, using the 2001 authorization for the use of military force, if necessary.

The use of military force law gave the president the power to use force against “nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.”

The United States already included some of Iran's organizations, including the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as terrorist organizations, and Trump and his administration can use the hawks to justify a military strike, or even a war with Tehran, without the need for congressional approval.

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has accused Iran of assisting al-Qaeda and being linked to a terrorist threat against the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

That could give the US administration the justification it needs to fight Iran under the still-in-effect 2001 use-of-force resolution without congressional approval.

Earlier this month, the US deployed an aircraft carrier strike group “Abraham Lincoln” to the region. US officials said that a surge in US forces in the region was a response in part to intelligence-gathering suggesting that the Iranian regime had given proxies a green light to attack US personnel and assets in the region.

Lawyers familiar with the 2001 law and its applications say it's obvious from those moves that the Trump administration is trying to enforce the use-of-force resolution in case the President decided to strike Iran.

Yale University law professor Harold Koh, who served as the State Department's top lawyer under Secretary Hillary Clinton, indicated that the whole thing is building up to the notion that they don't have to go to Congress for approval.

“The theory of war powers has to be that Congress doesn't just sign off once,” said Koh in a telephone interview with NBC News, adding that the “suggestion now that Iran attacked us on 9/11 is ridiculous.”

Meanwhile, Trump pushed back Friday against reports of conflict between Pompeo and Bolton, calling sourcing cited by reporters “bull----.”

“Mike Pompeo is doing a great job. Bolton is doing a great job. They make it sound like it’s a conflict,” the president said in a speech to the National Association of Realtors.

“At least Iran doesn’t know what to think, which at this point may very well be a good thing!” Trump said in a tweet.


https://aawsat.com/english/home/art...ht-declare-war-iran-without-congress-approval

And who gave that power to the US president? Hint: It was the very same US Congress.