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Amaryllis
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January 6, 2020
Just got back from Senator Wyden's town hall this afternoon, and he said that if Trump ordered
the bombing of cultural sites, he thought the military would refuse. Wow.
He said the Iran issue will be the biggest issue on people's agenda when they go back to DC tomorrow, and there is huge opposition both to what has already happened and even more to bombing cultural sites.
He talked about the issue for quite awhile, and mentioned the War Powers Act and that there will be a lot of action around it in the next few days. He said there has not been nearly enough oversight by Congress (as far as War Powers) for years now and pointed out that he was one of the lone votes against invading Iraq.
We will see what happens; if this is enough to get GOP on board with any kind of accountability or actual action.
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