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Bernie should be aware of the war powers act. It's one of the worse pieces of legislation ever, but it makes the whole declare war thing largely meaningless.
The act gives a president the ability to perform military actions provided Congress is notified within 48 hours of the action happening. Then the president gets a free 60 days to do whatever without additional approval. Then there's a further 30 days where forces should be withdrawing if there is no further congressional approval. However, that timeline doesn't really matter, as the Supreme Court ruled under Clinton that of troops are gone by the time the case gets to them then it doesn't really matter that the law was violated.
He should also be aware of this legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001
... since he voted for it.
It allows military actions against any country that harbours al Qaeda... and Iran does harbour al Qaeda along with any terrorist group that aligns with their "death to Israel / America" dogma.
I also like the American Servicemembers Protection Act, which is a 2002 federal law that basically says, "if you try to charge any U.S. soldier or official for a war crime in the International Criminal Court, we will invade the Netherlands."
No, really.
No it doesn’t. Iran and Alqaeda are practically enemies.
Repealed by the House of Representatives in 2021.
The whole civil war in Syria was an example. Assad was being backed by Iran, Syria's current president Ahmed al-Sharaa started as an al Qaeda fighter because al Qaeda was aligned against the government, whereas Hezbollah backed it.
You can't understand the middle east unless you understand the Shia and Sunni groups and their hostility towards each-other. Pretending Iran supports anybody that says "death to America" means you're about as knowledgeable about middle east politics as George W. Bush who tried to explain everything with "they hate us for our freedoms".
You don't understand geopolitics in general if you're seeing everything from the ultra-atheist anti-religion perspective.
Interests are more significant than religious bullshit. In a theocracy religion is a tool the government uses to propagandize the public. Clearly Iran sees Israel and the US as enemy and they'll use anyone will to weaken their enemies. Yup, they will even direct propaganda at you regardless of your beliefs if it serves their interests.
Clearly that isn't true. You seem to have an overly simplistic view of geopolitics, and no idea what's happening in the middle east. The enemy of my enemy isn't my friend or my ally. They may also be my enemy.
In this case, Iran is a Shia theocracy. That means they support Shia groups and use those groups to try to fight against Sunni groups.
For example, Al-Ashtar Brigades is a Shia group that is fighting to overthrow the Sunni monarchy of Bahrain. Hezbollah is a Shia group backed by Iran. Al Qaeda is a Sunni group. IS/ISIS/ISIL are Sunni groups. All these groups are anti-American, but what's much more important to them is the Shia / Sunni divide.