On Saturday, the president and the US military executed a “spectacularly successful” precision bombing of Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, with no American casualties and minimal impact on Iran’s people. Similarly, Congress used its power of the purse to curtail funds for paramilitary operations in Angola and Nicaragua in the 1970s and 1980s, and to end US military actions in Somalia and Rwanda in the 1990s. War-weariness during the prolonged but undeclared Vietnam War led Congress to try to devise another method — the War Powers Resolution of 1973, designed to put guardrails around the president’s conduct of military operations and guarantee Congress’ involvement short of an actual war declaration.
Author: Betsy McCaughey
Published at: 2025-06-23 22:58:36
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