Congress is still debating whether the U.S. attacks on Iran constitute a ‘war’ — we’re in worse shape than we thought

Last week, the United States launched a massive military operation against Iran that is still ongoing. As a result, the country’s supreme leader is gone, their military infrastructure is suffering devastating hits, more than a thousand civilians — including more than 150 children — are dead, and the entire Middle East is on fire as a result of thousands of Iranian missiles and suicide drones raining down on bases and installations in more than seven countries.

Even the U.S. military has suffered casualties, and Israelis are still facing the brunt of the attack in Tel Aviv and Haifa. And yet, as of today, the United States Congress is locked in a heated debate over whether any of that technically counts as a “war.”