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The War Against Iran, Up Close and Personal (and All Too Far Away)

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The 60-day deadline expires on Friday. The War Powers Resolution of 1973, a law mandating that a president must withdraw from a conflict 60 days after notifying Congress that American forces are fighting.

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After the Trump administration’s attack on Iran, experts say, threats of extremist violence are likely to rise in the U.S. In office for more than a year, counterterrorism chief Sebastian Gorka has yet to issue a blueprint to combat threats.

Imperialism does massive and fatal damage abroad. The wars in Gaza and Iran are the latest bloodbaths for all to see. Less visible are the wages of imperialism at home -Plans to plunder the planet of its land, labor, and vital resources are afoot.

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You cannot negotiate with a regime you are trying to destroy. Trump’s oscillation between threatening to blast Iran “back to the Stone Ages” and describing “very good and productive conversations” is the logical endpoint of an incoherent strategy.

Party leaders have been doing everything in their power to avoid confronting the US-Israeli war in any meaningful way. Trump’s war is deeply unpopular. He is losing it badly. Its continuation would be a catastrophe. Democrats must go all in.