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US retaliation of Iranian affiliated groups in Iraq and Syria that killed 3 US troops in Jordan
As we now know President Biden authorized the US bombing of some 85 targets in Iraq and Syria yesterday in retaliation against suspected Iran backed militants that killed 3 US troops last week in a base in Jordan near the Iraq Syrian border.
Biden issued the following statement after the bombing, "The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world".
As I read that statement I couldn't believe he actually said what he did.
First of all Iraq and Syria are sovereign countries. The US is not at war with those countries. Congress didn't declare war on those countries-the only entity in the Constitution authorized to do so. Yes I realize Congress hasn't declared war since after the the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Ever since Congress has evaded that responsibility essentially ceding it to the President although he hasn't actually declared war on any country.
To wit:
In Korea in 1950 after North Korea invaded South Korea President Truman along with other UN countries sent the US military to help defend South Korea. The war was referred to as a "Police Action".
In Vietnam the US military was there to help the South Vietnamese government against Communist North Vietnam. Also to avoid the "Domino Theory" to prevent a Communist country from invading a neighboring country.
Afghanistan in October 2001 President "Dubya" Bush sent US troops in pursuit of Osama bin Laden the alleged perpetrator of the 9/11 attacks.
Iraq in March 2003 "Dubya" bombed Baghdad accusing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of having WMD along with him being allied with bin Laden in the 9/11 attacks.
The point here being there have been various methods the US president has used to go to war without declaring it.
Currently the US is fighting a proxy war in Ukraine using Kiev government troops against Russia that invaded the country in February 2022. The US government conveniently ignores the US State Department's involvement in the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych the legitimately elected president of Ukraine in February 2014.
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