Senate Affirms Presidential Right to War, Bypassing Public Will
Al Jazeera reports the U.S. Senate voted against limiting a president's unilateral power to attack Venezuela. This rejection—specifically of a measure preventing funding for unauthorized military action—comes even as polls indicate a significant majority of Americans oppose military intervention in the country. It appears Congress prefers to rubber-stamp potential wars rather than exercise its
constitutional authority to declare them, a habit dating back at least to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. One might wonder when the legislative branch decided its job was to facilitate executive branch adventurism, rather than restrain it. Perhaps the Senate's devotion to 'unilateral action' is just preparation for its next big vote to send more arms packages abroad without public debate, because
nothing says 'democracy' like sidestepping the will of the people for undeclared military engagements.