By Mark Gruenberg
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WASHINGTON—Republican President Donald Trump jumped the U.S. into Israel’s war on Iran, pre-empting lawmakers who are trying to stop his aggression. Trump ordered the bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, striking at the most vital of them with 30,000-pound “bunker-buster” bombs the size of small missiles.
Trump exulted at what he called successes. He also warned in later remarks that Iran must make peace or else be subjected to unspecified “even worse” attacks.
Some lawmakers, led by an unlikely combination of progressives Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and ultra-conservative Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., plan to stop him by invoking the War Powers Act, which Trump and other presidents of both parties have ignored.
Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Netanyahu’s reckless and illegal attacks violate international law and risk igniting a regional war. Congress must make it clear the United States will not be dragged into Netanyahu’s war of choice,” Sanders said.
The War Powers Act says that after a president goes to war, it must end if Congress passes—and the president signs—a joint resolution calling a halt after a maximum of 60 days of combat, with a potential 30-day extension. Congress can also let a war go on by “authorizing a continuation of the commitment.”
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,” Trump declared on his Truth Social site. The bunker-busters hit Fordow, which is buried beneath a mountain.
Trump ignores all the criticism now, too—including from negative polls and from the few Republicans, like Massie and even MAGA loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recall his prior pledge on last year’s campaign trail of “no more wars…READ MORE…
