[stopads]

Aren't we supposed to need congressional approval to start a war?

So many things I was taught in civics class turned out to be complete fiction.

[megous]

US executive doesn't need congress approval to kill heads of US designated terror groups (IRGC). At least it doesn't seems so.

(I guess it already has it)

[gnusty_gnurc]

It's disheartening to see parent downvoted, but executive overreach and emergency powers have been normalized for a while now. Republicans are a lost cause here too, but Democrats despite constant screeching about "constitutional norms" seemingly don't care about war powers either (perhaps the most important constitutional power).

[leed25d]

> Aren't we supposed to need congressional approval to start a war?

Not for the last few decades, no.