ActionAid USA condemns U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran and demands that the U.S. Congress immediately assert its authority to stop the Trump administration’s undeclared, illegal wars.
In the past two months, the United States has launched unprovoked attacks against Nigeria, Venezuela, and now Iran, and is imposing a life-threatening blockade against Cuba. This comes in the wake of its murders of at least 150 people in the Caribbean; bombings of Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, and Syria; threats against Greenland; and, of course, political and material support for genocide in Gaza.
The Trump administration’s openly declared foreign policy of “might makes right” is a clear threat to global peace and security. In addition to the recent attacks and threats on other countries, the United States is re-investing in nuclear weapons, deploying heavily militarized federal police forces against people living within its own borders, and aggressively militarizing advances in artificial intelligence.
In launching unprovoked military attacks, the Trump administration is in violation of the Constitution and the War Powers Act of 1973, as well as international law. Congress must exercise long-overdue oversight of the Trump administration to prevent further killings and forestall future aggressive actions by this rogue administration.
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