CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 5, 2026
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE CONGRESS DECIDING ON WHETHER TO WAGE WAR, OR NOT? THIS BUNCH CAN’T EVEN GET ITS HOUSE – OR SENATE – IN ORDER. THEY PUT THE “D” IN DYSFUBNTIONAL.
AND YET THE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THE WAR POWERS ACT THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO MICROMANAGE, OR END THE WAR ON IRAQ. THAT LAW, PASSED IN 1973 DURING THE VIETNAM WAR HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED. WHEN BILL CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA AND GEORGE W. BUSH WERE DROPPING BOMBS THERE WAS NO TALK OF INVOKING THE WAR POWERS ACT. STILL, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO INFORMED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AS THE WAR BEGAN AS REQUIRED BY THAT LAW. SINCE TROOPS ARE TO BE WITHDRAWN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL AT 90 DAYS, THE LAW DOES NOT APPLY AS THERE ARE NO U.S. TROOPS WE KNOW OF ON THE GROUND IN IRAN.
THE CONSTITUTION GIVES A PRESIDENT POWER TO CONDUCT WARS. IT WOULD BE NICE IF CONGRESS SUPPORTED PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT THAT BODY HAS BECOME SO POLITICAL, THEY ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING. BETTER TO FINISH THE JOB, LIBERATE IRAN AND WATCH THE CRITICS GET EGG ON THEIR FACES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
