Nancy Pelosi has written a bill that mirrors one in the Senate written by Sen Tim Kaine, failed vice president candidate in 2016.
In her bill, she declares the killing of Soleimani was an illegal act an violates international law.
It also strictly limits what actions president Trump can make even if American lives are in danger.
Not to mention, it also cuts the time the president has to take action against Iran should they attack us.
What it really means is that Iran merely has to wait 30 days before they take revenge for the killing of Soleimani and Trump cannot do a thing to stop it.
It can pass in the House, further endangering Americans and our diplomats overseas as well as the Democrats in districts won by President Trump.
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz wrote on Monday that Trump’s actions were perfectly legal and was in fact an easy call.
Dershowitz said:
“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.
The letter further claims that Trump’s action “endangered our servicemembers, diplomats and others by risking a serious escalation of tensions with Iran” — placing the responsibility for violence not on Iran, which recently attacked a U.S. Navy drone; a Saudi oil field; and, via proxies, Americans soldiers and civilians in Iraq; but on the United States, which had restrained itself until the recent assault by an Iranian-backed militia on the embassy.
The letter goes on to describe a new resolution that would “limit the President’s military actions regarding Iran,” essentially signaling a surrender in the potential conflict before the Iranian regime itself had managed to respond.
