Congress Should Stop Dodging Its Responsibilities on Iran
Looks like a war.
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Virtually from the moment US bombs started falling on Iran on Feb. 28, the White House has been twisting itself into verbal knots to avoid calling the conflict a “war.” On May 1, the president declared that hostilities had officially “terminated,” as a fragile ceasefire had been in effect since April 7. When shooting subsequently resumed, the Pentagon described fresh attacks on Iranian naval speedboats as a “clinical application of defensive munitions.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently reiterated that the war had “concluded” after the US had “achieved the objectives” of Operation Epic Fury.
Most Americans can see through such euphemism. The Republican majority in Congress, which represents them, ought to open its eyes.