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Reason
Reason
Politics
J.D. Tuccille

Trump Should Have Made His Case for War to Congress and the American People

The world is undoubtedly a better place after the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and roughly 40 of his murderous colleagues by joint Israeli and American military strikes. Iran's Islamist regime has slaughtered its own people while encouraging terrorism around the world for decades. But those strikes carry serious risks and costs. Are they worth the tradeoffs? The Trump administration should have made its case to Congress and the already skeptical public and satisfied the Constitution's requirements by doing so.

War Without Debate

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