Schrödinger's War

They can’t agree on whether it’s a war, a mission, regime change, or self-defense. They don’t need to. They just need Congress to stay out.

By the time House Speaker Mike Johnson stood in front of cameras on March 5 and announced that “We are not at war” and that the U.S. has “no intention of being at war,” here’s where things stood: Trump had announced “major combat operations” via Truth Social at 2:30 in the morning on February 28. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was dead. The U.S. an…