WASHINGTON, Jan 14 — President Donald Trump fuelled controversy yesterday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying “it doesn't really matter” whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States. “The Fake News Media and their Democrat Partners are...
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington January 13, 2020. — Reuters pic
“You cannot take military action against another nation without congressional consent unless to defend against an imminent attack,” Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said on Twitter. Soleimani was the head of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, which handles clandestine operations outside Iran, working closely with militias in the region blamed for attacks on US interests.
Attorney General William Barr told reporters on Monday that the White House consulted with his department before the strike. Barr said Soleimani was a “legitimate military target” and the strike was a “legitimate act of self-defence.”As he opened the Senate yesterday, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Democrats for “letting their domestic political grievances pollute their judgment of world affairs” and praised Trump's “bold action.
They also argue that the US Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the authority to declare war, and called for the Senate and House of Representatives to act to take that authority back from the White House. Last week Trump posited in an interview that Iran had been poised to attack four American embassies before Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike on January 3. But on Sunday US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said he did not see specific evidence that Iran was planning an attack.
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