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  • Questioning the constitutionality of Syria bombing

    Dick Sandvik|Updated Apr 18, 2017

    I was troubled by The Nugget's editorial regarding President Trump's executive decision to bomb Syria. Obviously, any humane person is fundamentally opposed to the use of chemical (or biological) weapons, whether against troops or civilians. (Such a person should, IMHO, feel the same way about the use of barrel bombs, starvation or exile as means of war.) However, I am concerned about the constitutionality of Trump's action - as well as executive actions of like nature by former presidents, including Obama. I'm not a... Full story