Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wrote a letter to her Democrat colleagues in the House
on Sunday to reveal a new “War Powers Resolution” that amounts to a pre-emptive surrender to Iran
in ongoing hostilities.
Pelosi’s letter begins with the declaration that President Donald Trump’s airstrike last week
targeting Iranian General Qasem Suleimani, leader of the terrorist Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IGRC) Quds Force, responsible for the murders of hundreds of Americans and for recent
attacks on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, was “provocative and disproportionate,” terms suggesting
the attack was illegal under international law and could constitute a war crime.
Harvard Law School professor emeritus (and Democrat) Alan Dershowitz argued in Monday’s Wall Street
Journal that the strike was not only lawful, but an “easy call”: “The president has the constitutional
authority to take military actions, short of declaring war, that he and his advisers deem necessary to
protect American citizens. This authority is extremely broad, especially when the actions must, by their
nature, be kept secret from the intended target.”
Nonetheless, Pelosi’s letter indicates that the House will declare the president’s action illegal under international law.
Memo to Pelosi: For your own sake get some help.
on Sunday to reveal a new “War Powers Resolution” that amounts to a pre-emptive surrender to Iran
in ongoing hostilities.
Pelosi’s letter begins with the declaration that President Donald Trump’s airstrike last week
targeting Iranian General Qasem Suleimani, leader of the terrorist Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IGRC) Quds Force, responsible for the murders of hundreds of Americans and for recent
attacks on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, was “provocative and disproportionate,” terms suggesting
the attack was illegal under international law and could constitute a war crime.
Harvard Law School professor emeritus (and Democrat) Alan Dershowitz argued in Monday’s Wall Street
Journal that the strike was not only lawful, but an “easy call”: “The president has the constitutional
authority to take military actions, short of declaring war, that he and his advisers deem necessary to
protect American citizens. This authority is extremely broad, especially when the actions must, by their
nature, be kept secret from the intended target.”
Nonetheless, Pelosi’s letter indicates that the House will declare the president’s action illegal under international law.
Memo to Pelosi: For your own sake get some help.
