Castro Statement on Iran Strikes

Castro Statement on Iran Strikes

San Antonio, TX - Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement:

"Rather than making life affordable for American families, the President has decided to drag our country into yet another war in the Middle East.

"For 25 years, a generation of American servicemembers and their families have sacrificed in pursuit of regime change wars in the Middle East. Successive Presidents have tried to use military force to remake societies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen. In each case, the United States was not able to predict the consequences of our actions and in each case, it resulted in disaster.

"Instead of taking these lessons to heart, the President has asked yet another generation of Americans to sacrifice in the hope that, this time, it will be different.

"Make no mistake, this war may be in the interest of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel - but it is not in ours.

"Since I got to Congress 14 years ago, where I have served on the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services Committees, we have constantly been told that Iran is days away from achieving nuclear capability. Rather than support a negotiated agreement to contain Iran's nuclear program, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu ripped up President Obama's nuclear deal so they could continue to use the threat of a nuclear Iran to wage this war that Americans are being asked to fight in.

"This war is being conducted without legal authorization, or consultation with the Congress. When the Congress returns to Washington, we must immediately vote on the War Powers Resolution to stop this war that the American people did not vote for and do not want."