Senate Blocks Trump's Venezuela War... While Funding Everyone Else's?
The Hill dutifully reports the Senate's move to advance a resolution, under the War Powers Act, to block former President Trump from using military force against Venezuela without congressional approval. One might almost applaud such a principled stand, if not for the deafening silence on every other undeclared war. Remember when Congress authorized endless wars against vague concepts, rather than
specific nations? This sudden rediscovery of constitutional checks and balances feels less like a conversion and more like a carefully crafted performance. This particular legislative muscle-flexing seems reserved for wars on specific foreign soil that generate internal political optics back home. Yet, the same Senate consistently greenlights billions in military aid and weapons transfers that
fuel conflicts globally, with nary a peep about the War Powers Act. Is it only 'unauthorized' when the White House decides who lives or dies in a particular country, but perfectly sanctioned when Congress merely funds the weapons for someone else to do it? The irony could power a small nation.