Sen. Bernie Sanders
@SenSanders
President Trump, along with his right-wing extremist Israeli ally Benjamin Netanyahu, has begun an illegal, premeditated and unconstitutional war. Tragically, Trump is gambling with American lives and treasure to fulfill Netanyahu's decades-long ambition of dragging the United States into armed conflict with Iran.
The U.S. Constitution is clear. It is the Congress that declares war, not a president acting unilaterally. The Senate must reconvene immediately and vote on a pending War Powers Resolution which I will strongly support.
Further, this attack against Iran is a clear violation of international law and will create increased instability in an already dangerous world. If the United States and Israel can launch an attack against a sovereign nation, so can any other country. Might does not make right. It creates international anarchy, death, destruction and human misery.
The American people were lied to about Vietnam. The American people were lied to about Iraq. The American people are being lied to again today - and once again, it is ordinary people who will pay the price.
The people of our country, no matter what their political persuasion, do not want endless war. They want decent paying jobs, and health care and housing that they can afford. They want their kids to have an excellent education.
We must not allow Trump to force us into another senseless war. No war with Iran.
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Vladimir Tikhonov
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It is a test for American democracy. It is an illegal war - illegal from the viewpoint of international law and from the viewpoint of US Constitution as well. It is a war waged by the executive without legislature's approval. The question now is - will the wannabe dictator get away with this? With a criminal war the majority of American people does not want? If he gets away with this, then the destruction of whatever still remains of US democracy will continue; and soon American election will start resembling "elections" in Putin's Russia. War is dictators' best friend, their tool of choice. For America's own sake, and for the sake of Iranian people, this war should be stopped.
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