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Hanieh JodatTruthout |
Congress can limit further escalation with Iran via the War Powers Resolution, appropriations, and impeachment.
If Congress cedes its power to stop a war with Iran, it will fully erode any lingering promise of democratic restraint.
As Trump threatens Iran yet again, Congress continues to abdicate its responsibility to rein in war.
Building an antiwar movement means preventing the systemic US aggression that creates the conditions for war.
For decades, the US political establishment has treated war with Iran as an inevitability. We must reverse course.