Wrong Premise

This is not a preemptive war. It is a war of choice, a discretionary war. It is a war for regime change. A few ways Trump's regime change war could go right, and many ways for it to go sideways. https://t.co/W6sLIJdM8y

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 28, 2026

The question is not: “Is it justified?”

The question is: “Is it authorized?”

[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . .

Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 11, says it was not.

I served 3 combat tours over our 20 years of war in the Middle East. Trump had an entire SOTU address to make the case for going to war in Iran. He did not.

Congress is absent, and for years, it has ceded its war making powers. Now, Trump has started another foreign war. https://t.co/VabcodGdeq

— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) February 28, 2026

Oh. pic.twitter.com/EMOUYZrMgY

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) February 28, 2026

I hear he has a party at MAL. I guess he can’t miss that.

Here’s MARK WARNER, the top Democrat on Senate Intelligence. pic.twitter.com/RUakK2y3EV

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) February 28, 2026

Although I have to ask: where were you during the massive build up to this inevitability?