Will Bunch: A mad king's illegal war on Iran is a cry for regime change...in Washington

[Nevilledog]

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-iran-war-illegal-20260228.html

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It turns out that democracy really does die in darkness — at 1:30 a.m. Eastern time, to be exact.

The pilastered chambers of the U.S. Capitol — where 535 lawmakers who, under the Constitution, wield the sole authority to send the nation to war — were empty when the first cruise missiles slammed into Tehran, 6,300 miles and eight-and-a-half time zones away.

Like Congress, many Americans — only 27% of whom, according to a poll last week, have great confidence in Donald Trump’s ability to make the right decisions about using military force — were likely sound asleep when the war started, perhaps dreaming of the normality of brunch or the dog park on an unseasonably warm Saturday.

Trump was not even in the White House Situation Room — the multi-million-dollar mancave that exists for a commander-in-chief to run our too-frequent military ops — but was instead ensconced at his gilded Florida palace at Mar-a-Lago, addressing the nation in an 8-minute video after a Friday night of partying. His wild uncoiffed midnight hair was crammed under a hat hailing the country whose founding principles he’d just demolished, “USA.”

It’s normal for invaders to attack under the cover of darkness, yet Saturday’s massive attack on Iran — launched jointly with our sister 2020s global pariah, Israel — occurred in bright morning sunshine in downtown Tehran, its streets packed with commuters and school buses at the start of the Arab world’s workweek.

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[Easterncedar]

1. We need to oust these murderous madmen

[Dave Bowman]

2. It's the only regime change that I support.