it is said ‘by deception they do war’ is the motto of the institute, nee Mossad, but that is more often the mo of their adversaries see Black September
later Hezbollah, many of them came from Force 17 arafat’s security detail, then Hamas, who availed themselves of the charitable umbrella,
that Israel had extended,

on that except Brezhnevite Barbara Lee, I would say Stalinist, but potato potatoe,

there area few members that care about constitutional niceties, even in the GOP caucus, but they could meet in a phone booth, in practical terms, one could really consider elements of the Saudi state to have been the support system for the hijackers as it was in Pakistan, but it is the seat of Islam, so that wasn’t going to happen, of course the enemy gets a vote, through their proxies like the IIRO and
Brotherhood extensions like the MSA and other groups,

This did not presume non-state actors such as al Quaeda, or Hamas, or any other you could name. No matter their non-state status, they can only be within a sovereign nation. That’s geography. And that nation either favors them and supports them but….pretends it’s not them, or has not the power to do anything about it, given internal politics and divisions.
You may recall, shortly after 9-11 when Bush told Astan to give up al Q. No dice. So….we went after the latter. But you can’t invade a sovereign nation! They haven’t done anything to us! Speaking of Astan.

No matter how obvious Iran’s support for non-state actors and proxies, no matter how horrid the actions of the latter, Iran was protected by the Westphalian System. Until it wasn’t. But, then, to what extent is Iran responsible for the actions of its proxies to an extent that would resemble its regular forces going abroad to kill and destroy? In the latter case, one might consider declaring war. Because there would be an enemy. An evanescent bunch of non-uniformed guys with AKs who can’t be pinned down don’t constitute a regular army from a sovereign nation. How do you even declare war on them? What, more than shooting at an attacker from a static defensive position, is “war”, anyway? Can you chase a bunch of terrorists across a border?

Different times, but I submit that Iran’s proxies have reached the status of actually if not formally equal to their own regular military and thus Iran can be considered formally at war with at least Israel. And us, considering what they’ve done to us in the past.

https://x.com/DavidBCohen1/status/1935882050151891438

Who knew spinal tap would be so illuminating see the ruggles as well

https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/06/19/will-this-blow-up-nato-n4940969

“Dershowitz to Newsmax: War Powers Act Would Obstruct Trump”—
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alan-dershowitz-donald-trump-iran/2025/06/19/id/1215718/

Opening grafs:

Constitutional law expert Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Thursday that the War Powers Act would unduly hinder President Donald Trump’s ability to threaten Iran into a favorable outcome, acknowledging the issue is a “subtle one.”

Dershowitz joined “The Record With Greta Van Susteren” to discuss a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are looking to limit Trump’s ability to order U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear capabilities.…

Should Congress fail in this attempt, then an “activist” judge may decide to take a shot…

Why have there been no Temporary Restraining Orders to prevent Trump from aiding Israel and threatening Iran?

He was a little too cavalier in dismissing the flaws in the intelligence which angered the coalition forces so he chose the SCIRI forces to ally with

The Turks who are not Arabs were able to install a secular regime for a generation or three the pahlevis were organized under similar lines

Egypt under Asisi seems to be threading that needle fwiw