Twenty four years later, the United States is at war with a different Middle Eastern rival – Iran – under a different Republican president – Donald Trump. In 2002, 81 House Democrats and more than half of Senate Democrats backed Bush’s resolution to initiate a war that would go on to be regarded as an unpopular, unjustified boondoggle. Only one Senate Democrat – Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman – opposed the war powers resolution in that chamber, while Kentucky Republican Rand Paul supported it. “I think this war is unnecessary.”Already, top Democrats have incorporated the war into the affordability message that forms the backbone of their pitch to voters. “Any single person who votes to fund this war or votes against a war powers resolution deserves a primary, because voters deserve an anti-war choice in their districts,” Andrabi said.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2026 18:02 UTC