️ The United States regime's decision to carry out strikes on Iran has not only drawn retaliatory attacks from Tehran but also brought criticism from a Democratic lawmaker who has accused Republican President Donald Trump of violating a war powers resolution passed by Congress.
️ Congress passed the resolution on Tuesday, stipulating that the president must either halt his military campaign against Iran or seek congressional approval before any further action. Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, condemned the latest US attacks on Iran, calling them “a blatant violation” of the resolution and threatening to take Trump to court.
️ The US military’s Central Command on Saturday hit Iranian military sites after accusing Tehran of targeting a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. In response, Tehran struck US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday, threatening to unravel a fragile Iran-US memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on June 15.
️ Top Democrat Chuck Schumer said: “For years, Trump promised to put maximum pressure on Iran, but he ended up delivering maximum confusion, maximum chaos, maximum cost to the American people with his disastrous war.” An Ipsos/Reuters poll found less than a quarter of Americans believe the war has been worth the cost.
️ The Pentagon is also seeking an $80bn boost from Congress, mostly for the Iran war. The resolution “directs the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” but is largely symbolic as it does not carry the full force of law.
️ Constitutional expert Bruce Fein said Trump would “ignore the vote on the bogus fantasy of unconstitutionality” and courts would refrain from intervening. However, Congress could end the war by terminating funding. Khanna threatened legal action: “Trump must stop this war now – or we will take him to court to compel him to do so.”
️ University of Tehran professor Hassan Ahmadian warned of escalation, arguing that the US regime is trying to back out of the MoU while obliging Iran to its terms, potentially triggering a domino effect of strikes.
Source: www.aljazeera.com