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UE’s national officers have released a statement today condemning the unprovoked bombing on Iran this past weekend. The officers call the assault a violation of the U.S. constitution which requires acts of war to be authorized by Congress unless there is a threat of imminent attack. The statement points out that Trump is “undermining democracy in our country” and lying to falsely validate the bombings. The officers liken Trump’s lies to those said before the disastrous Iraq war 23 years ago and state the attack “will only serve to make the world, and the people of the U.S., both less safe and less economically secure.”
The UE officers conclude that “the lack of political leadership from both parties is shameful. Only a small number of Democrats and very few Republicans spoke out against U.S. intervention in the run up to the bombing campaign, preferring to acquiesce to the Israeli and military industry lobbying machines. And there is nowhere near the majority needed in Congress to seize control of war-making out of the hands of the presidency and back into the control of Congress where it belongs. The founders of the U.S. knew well that going to war is too important a decision to leave in the hands of one person. It must require the consent of the 535 members of Congress, each one of whom has to go home to their constituencies and tell them why they are sending their sons and daughters into harm’s way.”
The full statement is available on the UE website.
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