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SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia

Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran – and to ask questions

What power does the U.S. Congress have over the president's war in Iran? Douglas Rissing, iStock/Getty Images Plus

Despite the scale of its military assault on Iran, the Trump administration’s reasons for entering into war have been inconsistent and vague, from regime change to the destruction of nuclear weapons, preempting military action by Israel, or the more chilling decree of following “God’s divine plan.”

Politicians, pundits and even social media users have been quick to point out the contradictions of these justifications – regime change is impossible from the air, especially when you kill the alternatives, and weren’t those nuclear weapons already destroyed?

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