Washington Examiner
The Senate will vote on the United States’s involvement in Israeli operations against Iran, with a new Democratic-led resolution attempting to bar President Donald Trump from joining the conflict without the approval of Congress.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced a resolution Monday that requires congressional debate and a vote before the U.S. takes any offensive measures against Iran. Trump has so far provided defensive support to Israel, which launched military strikes against Iranian nuclear sites on Thursday, but the president said Sunday that the U.S. could get more “involved.”
“It is not in our national security interest to get into a war with Iran unless that war is absolutely necessary to defend the United States,” Kaine said in a statement. “I am deeply concerned that the recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran could quickly pull the United States into another endless conflict.”
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