As a member of congress was agnst e war in iraq. When we get sucked into a war we do not know the unintended consequences. House minority nancy pelosi, meanwhile, demanding that Speaker Paul Ryan actual lawmakers back from whats currently a break to debate some kind of war authorization. I am joined by david corn. Karen tumulty and jens david olen. Professor, how legal is this operation at this point, and what might be required if it continues . I mean, i think its legal under u. S. Law because the president didnt need congressional authorization for such a limited strike. Normally the war powers resolution would apply, but in this case this was such a discrete military strike. And there were exigent circumstances. He was interested in going after a particular air base that was responsible for the chemical weapons attack and he wanted to strike the aircraft that were involved. And so, in that context, i dont think a congressional authorization was required. If trump wants to turn this
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