Why Congress Keeps Dropping the Ball on Ending the President’s Never-Ending War—and What It Means for Us All
So, here we are again—Congress had that golden moment to pull the reins on what’s shaping up to be a catastrophic choice in war, and surprise, surprise—they flamed it. It’s like handing a samurai a hammer and hoping for finesse. That vote? A slim miss at 52-47, with some unexpected rebels swapping sides, but honestly, it felt like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. If the Framers were watching, which member of today’s Senate is still upholding the grueling responsibility of declaring war? Very few, apparently. Meanwhile, the commander-in-chief seems restless, eyeing Cuba next—with plans ramping up like a bad sequel nobody asked for. And here I thought the definition of “madness” didn’t include scripting your next global fiasco before breakfast. Ready to unpack this chaotic drama with me? LEARN MORE
2 min readOn Wednesday, for the first time since the president threatened to turn his misbegotten war of choice into an exercise in international genocide—and for the fourth time since his war was launched—the Senate had a chance to stop him. It failed. A measure to stop the war pending congressional approval—you know, the way those guys in wigs and silk stockings intended—failed, 52-47. It was not a straight party-line vote; Rand Paul voted with the Democrats and John Fetterman with the Republicans. Not that any of it matters. The Congress once again, as it has countless times since World War II, failed to exercise the powers plainly given to it in the Constitution. From Reuters:
Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, accused backers of the war powers resolution of supporting Iran in a speech before the vote.”Nobody is coming to help you, Iran, except for the 47 people over here,” he said, referring to senators who back the resolution. Democrats said they wanted Congress to retake its constitutionally mandated power to declare war, and pull the country back from what they warned could become a long conflict. “I urge my colleagues … to choose the path of peace before President Trump’s war becomes irreversible,” Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said in a speech urging support for the vote. Democratic Party leaders have vowed to keep bringing war powers resolutions until the conflict ends or Congress authorizes continued fighting.
All of which will fail. Meanwhile, this unbalanced man in the White House may have moved on to his next bloody debacle. From USA Today:
The directives appear to be an escalation of recent tensions between the U.S. and Cuba that began in January when the Trump administration curbed oil shipments to Cuba as part of a broader campaign to force sweeping political changes on the communist-run island. In a statement to USA TODAY the Pentagon said it plans for a range of contingencies and remains prepared to execute the president’s orders as directed.
Oh, boy.
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