No War With Iran, House Tells Trump. Next Up: Finally Forbidding Military Force in Iraq?
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But their rhetorical tricks no longer bewitch a war-weary nation.
The former press secretary thinks abiding by the Constitution would be the worst thing for America right now.
It's a good time for those potentially on the receiving end of a draft notice to give some thought to how they might respond or resist.
The Senate is preparing to vote on a War Powers Resolution that would move to curtail President Trump's military actions abroad.
Sens. Mike Lee and Rand Paul declare support for a Senate version.
But what has the saber-rattling of the past week accomplished for the United States?
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Whether politicians care about congressional oversight seems to hinge on who is in power.
The Reason Roundtable argues over America's latest foreign policy escalation
History shows that expertise is not the same as wisdom.
The vice president says assassinated Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was involved in the September 11 plot. That's as true as when Republicans said Saddam Hussein was.
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Reports now suggest that Trump took the unprecedented step of killing a foreign leader based on thin evidence of a threat and with an eye toward domestic politics.
About 1,000 left-wing demonstrators marched from the White House to Trump International Hotel to protest U.S. aggression against Iran.
A humble and prudent foreign policy begins with recognizing the fog of war—and rejecting the dangerous paths of obedient belief and premature omniscience.
The constitutional role of Congress is not to cheerlead a major escalation of a nearly 17-year-old conflict. It's to consider the best interest of the American people.
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The Council on Foreign Relations survey of foreign policy experts finds "more threats...likely to require a U.S. military response in 2020 than ever before."
It's hard to compete for attention with the ongoing impeachment proceedings, but the "Afghan Papers" should cause heads to roll (or explode).
She's not a libertarian, but Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is shaking up the race for the Democratic nomination.
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Pentagon brass, who urged the president not to issue these orders, fear that the president's actions will undermine the system of military justice.
The senator from Massachusetts thinks more Americans should join the military. Why?
He's wrong on both counts.
The Kentucky senator makes the case for less American military involvement abroad.
The mishandling of the Syrian withdrawal appears to have created less stability in Syria and considerably weakened Trump's ability to dictate foreign policy—a situation where actually bringing the troops home now seems even more farfetched.
"As president I will end these regime change wars."
Trust in the media is at historic lows.
They have been loyal U.S. allies and don't deserve to be slaughtered by Turkey.
If Trump wants credit for ending wars in the Middle East, he'll have to actually reduce the number of Americans deployed there.
Stossel's full interview with Tulsi Gabbard covering war, drugs, free healthcare, free college, the minimum wage, and more.
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The war on terror leaves more dead civilians in its wake.
Open warfare between Iran and Saudi Arabia would be far worse than this weekend's attacks.
Sen. Warren: "The problems in Afghanistan are not problems that can be solved by the military."
The strongest critics of unilateral decisions to attack other countries include Tulsi Gabbard and Bernie Sanders, while Joe Biden thinks anything goes.
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He got the boot before managing to start any new wars.
Her chumming around with the worst dictators is troubling.
Pestilence, war, famine, and death are all on the decline.
Buttigieg calls for three-year sunset on military force authorizations.
It's refreshing to see many conservatives abandon their kneejerk support for militarism, and nice to watch Joe Biden be held accountable for his support for the Iraq blunder.
Serving as an alternative voice to the likes of Lindsey Graham and John Bolton could keep the U.S. out of unnecessary wars.
"The outsized power that the political parties hold can often be used in the wrong way to squelch our democracy and dissenting voices even within our own parties," says Gabbard.
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