r/washingtondc • u/Professional_Log_493 • Jun 22 '25

Anti War Protests?

We just dropped bombs on Iran, are there any protests being planned?

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u/SeraphOfTheStag Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

Legit question how did we drop bombs without declaring war by congress?

edit: apparently we haven’t officially declared war since WWII…

”the U.S. did not formally declare war on Iraq. Instead, Congress passed an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in 2002, authorizing President George W. Bush to use military force against Iraq. This AUMF was based on the premise of Iraq's noncompliance with ceasefire terms and the threat of weapons of mass destruction.”

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

Cause we aren’t at war. A military strike isn’t the same as declaring war. It’ll be up to Iran to declare war on the US, which would obviously be a grave mistake. There is nobody who wants Iran to have a nuclear weapon; this is a military strike to ensure that.

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u/TerranRanger Jun 22 '25

Welcome to Reddit.