By Walt Zlotow
In a rare pushback to one of Trump’s many illegal wars, five Senate Republicans joined all 47 Democrats to advance a War Powers Resolution to prevent President Trump from launching another attack on Venezuela without congressional authorisation.
The procedural vote allows passage of the Senate resolution next week by simple majority (no filibuster allowed). Once approved it will go to the House where it’s also likely to pass. Alas, it’s unlikely to receive a veto proof majority, meaning it’s sure to be vetoed by war-loving Trump who made Venezuela the seventh country he’s bombed in his first year of term two.
However, it might make Trump pause. In 2019 Congress passed a War Powers Resolution against Trump’s support of Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen. Tho Trump vetoed it, he did cease refueling Saudi bombers shortly thereafter. We can only hope it may give him pause on further Venezuelan military action.
The vote is significant because it reverses the Venezuelan War Powers Resolution that failed last November when only two Senate Republicans joined the 47 Democrats voting in favour of returning the war power responsibility to Congress.
Trump howled in protest, clamouring that all five Republicans who vote against unilateral presidential war-making should never be reelected to Congress.
Let’s hope more Senate and House Republicans will pivot from giving Trump unchecked war-making power. Hopefully, they understand that even their MAGA base is not enamored of endless, senseless warfare while the economy remains gloomy for everyone but the billionaire class.
Walt Zlotow, West Suburban Peace Coalition, Glen Ellyn IL
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Many words have been written about this situation and many intelligent minds have applied their thoughts, however IMHO there is one word that describes this whole situation….
Clusterfuck.