US lawmakers: If Trump attacks Venezuela, we will stop him
A group of American senators, who have repeatedly tried to stop Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela, announced that they will prese a new resolution to force Congress to vote on this issue if the Latin American coury is attacked.
According to Isna, Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, New York Senator Chuck Schumer, California Senator Adam Schiff, and Keucky Republican Senator Rand Paul announced in a joi stateme: “Unauthorized military action against Venezuela would be a huge and costly mistake that unnecessarily endangers the lives of our military forces.”
According to the Reuters News agency, these US senators coinued to write: “If an attack occurs, we will iroduce a war powers resolution to mandate a debate and vote in Congress on preveing the use of US forces in hostilities against or inside Venezuela.”
Meanwhile, Republican-led congressional committees have launched an investigation io the US military campaign on the coast of Venezuela.
Recely, several Republican US lawmakers have sharply criticized the White House for its handling of the proposed Ukraine peace plan, which they say favors Russia.
On Venezuela, U.S. lawmakers cited concerns about the administration’s mohs-long campaign without congressional approval, as well as a report that Secretary of War Pete Hegst on Sept. 2 ordered a second attack on a boat to kill survivors of the first attack, which could violate iernational law.
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, who sits on the Armed Services and Ielligence Committee, said he was trying to establish the facts surrounding the attacks.
He said: “My understanding is that if you kill the survivors in the water after the attack, we may face a problem.” “Once we get the facts, we can make the necessary decisions.”
US forces have carried out at least 21 attacks against boats suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific in the past three mohs, and 83 people have been killed in these attacks.
These attacks have been carried out while Trump has increased his military campaign against Venezuelan Preside Nicolás Maduro.
In the meaime, White House spokeswoman Carolyn Levitt also said that Hoggst ordered Admiral Frank Bradley to carry out attacks on September 2.
Levitt also said that these attacks were carried out to protect US ierests in iernational waters and were based on the laws of armed conflict.
Several US lawmakers have failed in their efforts to force Trump to seek congressional approval for the campaign, citing the constitutional requireme that only Congress, not the preside, has the power to declare war.
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