By Josh Smead
Two Republican presidents in my lifetime have claimed that the threat of weapons of mass destruction justifies attacking or invading nations on the other side of the world. So I ask: Are we now at war with Iran?
Congress failed us 24 years ago by granting President Bush sweeping war powers after 9/11 — powers that bypassed a formal declaration of war. Now, President Trump is abusing that same authority.
If America is going to attack another nation, especially when nuclear weapons could be involved, we must follow the Constitution. Congress must vote. The American people deserve that accountability.
Our future depends on reining in these aging men who won’t live to face the full consequences of their warmaking. The President must be held fully accountable for confirming and destroying any nuclear threat. While the buck should stop at the Oval Office, it’s the rest of us who bleed when wars begin.
Josh Smead is a Democratic candidate for Congress for the Missouri 6th District.
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