More money for this war? This rigmarole won't wash
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Responsible Statecraft · North America
The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission.You shouldn’t go to war without the backing of the U.S. Congress. President Donald Trump is learning that the hard way, as his — not our — six-month-and-counting “little excursion” and “small potatoes” Iranian quagmire drags on. And you don’t build weapons for tomorrow’s wars — especially the ones you say are critical to future victories (remember them?) — using the parliamentary peek-a-boo prestidigitation known as reconciliation. In both instances, Trump is seeking big changes in U.S.
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