KEN KLIPPENSTEIN - The White House refuses to call its war in Iran a war, instead labeling it “major combat operations” — a maneuver to keep Congress out of the picture. And believe it or not, Congress is going along with it.
Setting aside the absurdity of the question of if killing a head of state is an act of war, there’s a deadly serious question here: what even is war anymore? Does last month’s killing of a Mexican cartel leader like El Mencho count? Or how about the kidnapping of Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro the month before? The U.S. has gotten extremely decapitation operations like these, as I’ve written; so good that it’s going to become a standard instrument of statecraft very soon. It’s a more important time than ever to decide what counts as war and who gets to wage it.
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