00:00Professor, just to be clear, you've been quoted as saying that this war violates international law.
00:05You say it violates the U.S. Constitution. Do correct me if I'm misquoting you there.
00:11I'd like to know, though, if you think if a ground evasion were to go ahead,
00:16would President Trump have to get congressional approval for that to happen?
00:20He would have to get at least implicit congressional approval, which unfortunately he has gotten
00:24because Congress is continuing to fund this war and Congress has the legislative power
00:29to stop this war if they wanted to.
00:31So what we have is congressional ratification of the ongoing armed conflict.
00:35The original intent behind the Constitution was that there would be an affirmative grant of authority
00:40by Congress to the president before he engages in a war of choice, which is what this is.
00:45However, we've seen Congress just choosing not to use its power and continuing to fund this war.
00:51And given the constitution of this current the composition, excuse me, of this current Congress,
00:57which is predominantly Republican, it predominantly supports President Trump,
01:00I do think they will continue to support him.
01:03And hopefully that does not mean the United States, you know,
01:07drip by drip entering into what would be a Vietnam type conflict.
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