One of the most sacred duties of an American president is to protect the American people from threats, foreign and domestic. This duty sits alongside preserving our constitutional rights, sustaining a healthy economic environment, and following and enforcing the rule of law. 

As the first barrage of American and Israeli bombers, fighter gets, and missiles pummeled Iran, Trump declared on Feb. 28, “A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.”   

Campaigning in 2024, Trump frequently announced his promise to end “forever wars” and avoid military exploits, pledging, “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars.” 

So here we are at war. 

Congress has not yet declared war in Iran, and it probably won’t since Iran did not initiate military action, as there was no imminent and immediate threats from the Iranian regime. 

Trump’s handpicked director of U.S. National Counterterrorism Joe Kent just resigned in protest over Trump’s unjustifiable actions. This top expert in our government stated, “Iran posed no imminent threat to our........

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