CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 4, 2026
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE DEBATING WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD THE AUTHORITY TO LAUNCH A PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE AGASINST IRAN. THEY CLAIM THE WAR POWERS ACT, PASSED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, ONLY ALLOWS A PRESIDENT TO ATTACK ANOTHER COUNTRY IF THAT COUNTRY POSES AN “IMMINENT” THREAT TO AMERICA.
TO PARAPHRASE BILL CLINTON, IT DEPENDS ON THE MEANING OF “IMMINENT.”
NEGOTIATOR STEVE WITKOFF SAYS IRAN ALREADY HAS STOCKPILED ENOUGH ENRICHED URANIUM TO MAKE A NUCLEAR BOMB AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON MISSILES TO DELIVER THEM, LIKELY TO ISRAEL AND THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
SINCE 1979 WHEN IRAN HELD AMERICAN HOSTAGES FOR 444 DAYS, THE AYATOLLAH REGIME HAS SAID IT WANTS TO ELIMINATE ISRAEL AND THEN COME AFTER THE “GREAT SATAN,” BY WHICH THEY MEAN AMERICA. AND THEY’VE PROVED IT BY ATTACKING AND KILLING HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS THROUGH ROADSIDE BOMBS AND OTHER MEANS.
SEVEN PRESIDENTS FROM BOTH PARTIES HAVE FAILED TO RETALIATE. DONALD TRUMP, ALONG WITH ISRAEL, HAVE RETALIATED. WILL THE IRANIAN PEOPLE RISE UP AND OVERTHROW THEIR DICTATORSHIP? THEY HAVE NO WEAPONS. SOMEONE SHOULD SUPPLY THEM. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE GOAL IS NOT REGIME CHANGE. IT SHOULD BE OR WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THESE THEOCRATIC FANATICS FOR YEARS TO COME. I’M CAL THOMAS.
