Republican senators (who support almost everything Trump does) told reporters that they are not convinced action against Soleimani was justified
The Constitution lover has logged on. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The U.S. Congress has not declared war on Iran. And yet, last week, the U.S. government deliberately killed a top Iranian military official — which is to say it committed an unambiguous act of war against a sovereign nation-state without congressional authorization.
This story never made much sense. For one, by the administration’s own account, Soleimani’s “imminent” attack was “days,” if not “weeks,” away — which is to say not imminent at all. For another, no White House official ever explained how killing a single general could render Iran incapable of carrying out a preexisting plan that it’s top military mind had already formulated.
Around the same time, multiple other Republican senators told reporters that the briefing was worse than uncompelling, and that they are not convinced action against Soleimani was justified.
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