Early on the morning of Feb. 28, the United States and Israel conducted a joint military operation in Iran that reportedly killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, alongside many other regime leadership targets, and destroyed military sites.

American involvement appears to have been focused on destroying Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, whereas the strikes decapitating the regime were conducted by Israel.

Regime change in Iran is good for the Iranian people and the world. I have no moral or geopolitical concerns about U.S. involvement in pushing the country toward revolution against Iran's oppressive leadership. 

However, American military action against Iran should have been authorized by Congress. This was an act of war, and it is Congress’ job to declare war. Not the president.

Regime change in Iran is a net positive for the region

The Iranian regime oppresses its own people through arbitrary arrests, arbitrary public executions, curbed freedom of expression, torture, inhuman treatment of prisoners, censorship and crimes against........

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