Posted by breppp 2 days ago
That depends on which theory, and whose narrative of the facts relevant to the theory you accept.
For theories, there are three important ones to consider:
(1) The War Powers Act is Constitutional and its terms govern Presidential use of force without a separate Congressional authorization, (2) The War Powers Act is an unconstitutional limit on the President's inherent authority and the President's powers to prosecute war abroad, without a Congressional declaration, are broader than the War Powers Act would suggest, and (3) The War Powers Act is an unconstitutional delegation of reserved Congressional powers to the Executive, and has no effect, leaving the President's powers to prosecute war abroad without a Congressional authorization narrower than the War Powers Act would suggest.
As to relevant factual narratives, there are at least two salient alternatives: (1) The Government of Venezuela, through the vehicle of the Tren de Agua gang which, in fact, is an instrumentality of the state, has conducted and is conducting, since sometime before March 14, 2025, an invasion of the United States as described in President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, and therefore the US is, and has been for some time, engaged in a defensive war against that attack by Venezuela, (2) The invasion described in #1 is a fantasy, has not occurred, and the US is not engaged in a defensive war against a Venezuelan invasion.
News is news. Not opinions. Just report what is known. If there's contradictory information from two sides, report both and then shut up. Let the viewers form their own opinions.
But no, we can't have people forming their own opinions. So the new thing is selective reporting. The left will say "the right started this war of lies". "Yeah, well your neighbor started shitting in his lawn, are you gonna do that now?"
Not reporting on the revolt in Iran "because you're a left wing media outlet"??? What the fuck? Same here in Ireland, same in the UK.
The left doesn't realise it's an ideology. It claims that it's "reality" and all other ways of thinking are ideologies. I've actually heard people say this. "The left are science based". Lol.
The left, in 2025, have a dreadful fear of seeming Islamophobic, and this is evident in their handling of this current situation and of the unrest in 2022 when a woman died in police custody, arrested for the crime of not wearing specific headwear. BBC headline commented on how the economic situation created the perfect conditions for unrest. How about oppression creating the perfect conditions for unrest? No, we're not allowed to comment on Iran's culture/religion, only their economy.
I don't love CNN but comparing them to right wing news is pure false equivalency, however.
Trump is copying his friend Putin too much.