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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Eric Garcia

When is a war in Iran not a ‘war’? When it’s ‘our’ war

When it comes to whether the United States is at war with Iran, Republicans are borrowing from Bill Clinton: “It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.”

On Wednesday, the Senate voted down a War Powers Act resolution to rein in President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran. And Republicans are conjuring a new argument: The United States’ operations in Iran are not at war.

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