Why are we bombing Iran? Take your pick of explanations.
By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist
“News that the Epstein files contain testimony about Trump raping a 13-year-old girl came at a bad time for the people of Iran.”
The quote is from a friend of a friend. Since Donald Trump’s reasons for the war have changed every day, its implication is as compelling as any.
After all, he predicted it (tinyurl.com/2knowself). Was it to free the Iranian people, or because in this, the tenth year of Iran being two weeks away from building a nuclear bomb and missiles that can deliver them to U.S. soil, there was imminent danger? Even Trump’s Pentagon has denied that one (Daily Beast: tinyurl.com/noturgent). So Trump called reporters, trying out various justifications (Independent: tinyurl.com/look4reason). It could also be God’s plan to hasten the Second Coming. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth thinks so (Esquire: tinyurl.com/hisplan4u). Dismissing God, as usual, Trump blames presidents Obama and Biden (HuffPost: tinyurl.com/noblame4me). Also, he had a “feeling” (New Republic: tinyurl.com/2feel4u). God help us.
The outcome of Trump’s illegal war won’t be known for months. Years, maybe. What we do know is that, because the Constitution gives the power to declare war only to Congress, what he did was unquestionably unconstitutional, and in violation of the War Powers Act (Intercept: tinyurl.com/2Blawless), (Contrarian: tinyurl.com/unlawu2). Interviewed by ABC’s Jonathan Karl, Trump puffed, “Nobody could have done this but me.” He’s right. No other president has been or would be so willing to violate the Constitution for personal aggrandizement.
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