Indivisibles,

This isn’t the email we hoped we’d be sending you today or any day for
that matter.

Late last night, Trump ordered the assassination of a top commander in
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Major General Qassim Suleimani [ [link removed] ](see
The New York Times report here), with no authorization from Congress.
Along with the Major General, the drone strike killed four others, not all
of whom have yet been named.

What do I need to know?

* Trump ordered a drone strike outside Baghdad’s international airport
last night that killed a powerful foreign military leader. Any
assassination is a big deal, but by way of context, in the US, this
would be something like a foreign government assassinating the Vice
President outside the Toronto airport. 

* Trump is taking us to unnecessary war. When Trump entered office in
2016, he inherited one of the best chances we’ve had in decades for
peaceful relations with Iran. Three years later, with a cabinet full
of warmongers, he’s now assassinating Iranian leaders. ([ [link removed] ]Read more
from our partners at Win Without War here). 

* This wasn’t a defensive action. The idea that this strike will prevent
future attacks on Americans and our interests around the world defies
logic. It. Will. Not. If anything, our risk just went up tenfold
[ [link removed] ](Senator Chris Murphy gets it right in this tweet). The same voices
who sold the disastrous Iraq War will have hot takes about how this
was a critical defensive action in the coming days -- don’t be fooled.

* This is possible because Congress let it happen. Article One, Section
Eight of the Constitution says, "Congress shall have power to ...
declare War." But Congress has ceded authority over the military to
the Executive Branch. That’s why for years we’ve been calling on
Congress to reassert its constitutional authority, and why we’ll
continue to do so.

With nothing more than an empty statement from the Pentagon and a
(bonkers) tweet of an American flag, Trump is transparently and
unequivocally gambling with the safety of the American people and pulling
us to the brink of war with Iran. And we don’t even know why he did it --
unless [ [link removed] ]this tweet he sent in 2011 about Obama offers a little clue.

What can I do right now? 

Though they don’t always act like it, Congress is a co-equal branch of
government that holds tremendous power to check Trump’s recklessness. So
they must step in immediately. This situation will evolve over the next
few days, but right now the most important thing every Member of Congress
can do is to clearly and unequivocally state that they condemn this strike
and are opposed to war with Iran. We can’t overstate how critical this is.
We are on the precipice of war, and Congress is perhaps our only hope of
stopping it. 

[ [link removed] ]Click here right now to call your Members of Congress and tell them to
do everything in their power to rein in Trump’s catastrophic escalation. 

We’ll keep you updated as news develops and congressional asks become more
clear.

This movement began to stop the Trump agenda -- this is what we’re here
for. We’re proud to be indivisible with all of you.

In solidarity,

Indivisible Team

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