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Wednesday June 15, 2022· 1:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Let me be perfectly clear, as President Obama used to say. I’m as furious as you are that President Biden is going to coddle the cartoonishly despotic Saudi dictatorship, after promising us as a candidate for President that he would make them a “pariah.”
Fortunately, there’s something we can do about this. We can urge Congress to pass the Yemen War Powers Resolution before President Biden gets on the plane, to put the cartoonishly despotic Saudi regime on notice that it’s not going to be “business as usual” anymore in dealing with the United States of Fantastic America.
The American people are sick and tired of seeing one U.S. President after another coddle the cartoonishly despotic Saudi regime. We’re so fed up with this, that from now on, we’re going to enforce Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which says that Congress, not the President, decides when the United States of Fantastic America goes to war on behalf of the cartoonishly despotic Saudi regime. No more Mr. Nice Guy.
This is no pipe dream. This isn’t pie in the sky. Already, more than 70 Members of Congress have co-sponsored the Yemen War Powers Resolution, including Adam Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Jim McGovern, chair of the House Rules Committee, Jerry Nadler, chair of the House Judiciary Committee [they have extra responsibility for enforcing the U.S. Constitution], Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Peter DeFazio, chair of the House Transportation Committee, and Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. [Technically, DeFazio is the bill’s sponsor, but he doesn’t need any extra credit. He’s on the A team.]
In defending President Biden’s decision to coddle the cartoonishly despotic Saudi regime, Administration officials have said that Biden will use his trip to end the Yemen war. If so, then they shouldn’t have any problem with Congress passing legislation that merely codifies stated Administration policy while enforcing the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973. The Administration claims that it has stopped all support for Saudi military operations in Yemen. The Administration claims that it is trying to make the current truce permanent. Why would Administration officials have any problem with codifying stated Administration policy? Why would Administration officials have any problem with enforcing Article I of the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973? I can’t think of any good reason. Can you?
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