America is on a war of choice footing. The consequences are just beginning.

By: Joan Johnson-Freese

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 1,160

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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In the 14 months since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, the United States has bombed seven countries: Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria, Venezuela and, for 12 days in June 2025, and 11 days and counting in 2026, Iran. The Senate refused to even symbolically inhibit the president’s authority to continue and extend the war in Iran by voting down a resolution to invoke the 1973 War Powers Act, largely …

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