The Constitution couldn’t be clearer. If the president wants to go to war, he or she must get a declaration of war. But for the last 70 years, the constitution has been bypassed by presidents who want to go to war and by senators and congressmen who don’t want to take responsibility for those wars....
Category: Drone War
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Has Trump Ended the U.S. Drone War in Pakistan?
A new report from the New America think tank in Washington raises the possibility that the U.S. drone against suspected terrorists in Pakistan may be over. The last American drone strike in Pakistan, according to New America’s research, occurred on July 4, 2018 when a U.S. drone killed Qari Abdullah Dawar, the chief commander of the Hafiz Gul...
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Endless War Update: U.S. to Stay in Somalia Seven More Years
Somalia is America’s latest endless war, and it is often forgotten. There’s the Afghan war, now in its 18th year; the war against ISIS which originated from the invasion of Iraq 16 years ago. There’s the war in Yemen, now in its fourth year, despite the fact that both houses of Congress have voted to...
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Lonely Elizabeth Warren Targets the Secret War in Somalia
It is a measure of how accustomed official Washington has become to endless undeclared wars that the hearing room for the Senate Armed Services Committee was almost empty on Tuesday morning. The questioning of Army General Stephen Townsend, President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Africa Command, was civil, if not perfunctory. In 2018, the...
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How Many Civilians Die in CIA Drone Strikes? It Just Got Harder to Say
The reliable Katie Bo Williams reports from the bowels of the U.S. intelligence community (That’s “IC” to some; the “deep state” to others). In Defense One Williams has an update on U.S. drone wars. The Trump administration has breathed new life into the CIA’s covert drone program, which Obama sought to suffocate by shifting control...