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- world@quokk.au
US president says Iran conflict ‘terminated’ despite stand-off in the Middle East as Congress consent deadline passes
US president says Iran conflict ‘terminated’ despite stand-off in the Middle East as Congress consent deadline passes
It means that he wasn’t going to get an AUMF from Congress in his 60 day window, which is what I pretty much expected. Now it sounds like he’s going to try to continue the blockade portion (i.e. not the bombing) but argue that imposing a blockade doesn’t constitute deployment of troops, which I suspect isn’t going to fly if it comes to court. But we’ll see how the legal and political maneuvering plays out.
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Cuba set the precedent over 65 years ago. It’ll probably fly
You forgot to include that if he starts bombing Iran again, then that’s a “new, separate” war, not restarting the same old one.
Machiavellians gonna machiavelliate, right?
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