Joe Biden on Impeachment for Illegal Warmaking

I don ’t know if the moderators oftonight ’s Democratic primary debate are taking requests, but here ’s my question for former vice-president—and current frontrunner—Joe Biden:“Mr. Biden, the last time you were running for president, you promised that if George W. Bush ‘takes this nation to war in Iran, without congressional approval,I will make it my business to impeach him.’ Now, over a decade later, war with Iran is again on the horizon, and just this Monday,the president said he does not need congressional authorization to wage war. If he acts on that belief,will you call for Congress to impeach President Trump?” In December 2007, when then-Senator Biden made those remarks, the crowd in Davenport Iowa answered with hearty cheers.At the time, there was a serious concern that President Bush would use prior congressional authorizations –like the 2002 Iraq War resolution or the post-9/11 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (2001 AUMF)–as cover for a new war with Iran. A month before Biden’s speech, then-Senator Barack Obama introduceda joint resolution designed to foreclose that option. “There is absolutely no reason to trust that this Administration will not use existing congressional authorization to justify military action against Iran,” Obama warned.Here we are again: now, nearly 12 years later, there ’s no reason to trust thatthis administration won ’t use the 2001 AUMF as justification for war with Iran. Secretary of State Mike P...
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