Political Quotes

“we are at war once again. George W. Bush had his Iraq war, and Donald Trump now has his Iran war. Make no mistake, with the massive deployment of American military forces, with the massive amounts of ordnance that are being used, with the tragic loss of six lives--six servicemembers of the United States-- we are at war. We are at war, having had no national debate of whether we should enter into war. We are at war, having had no authorization by Congress--a power explicitly given by our Founders to the Congress to declare war. The Founders understood that the executive branch, acting alone, would grow too fond of war. We are seeing that fear materialize before our eyes with a President who now has used military force repeatedly against different countries with different rationales. Why should we care whether there is a vote in Congress on war? Why should we care whether there is a debate in the country over war? We should care because, if we vest the sole power to make war in the President of the United States--the sole decision to bring a country into war with the President of the United States--there is no check on the use of that authority; there is no check on the abuse of that authority; there is no meaningful way to constrain a President from getting involved in adventurism around the world that causes our country an enormous price to pay in lives lost, in treasure lost.…”