Joe Biden & War Powers: Restraint Needed
Print this article Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, First Armored Division, and First Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard, provide security for senior Afghan and coalition military leaders following a key leader engagement in southeastern Afghanistan in 2019. (Master Sergeant Alejandro Licea/US Army) No president should be able to. But Congress is letting it happen. President Joe Biden’s decision last month to launch an airstrike against Shia militia targets in eastern Syria, purportedly in retali...