Schumer: “This is a war of choice, not necessity”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned Monday that the Trump administration was steering the U.S. toward an "endless war" in the Middle East with its strikes on Iran.

"No matter how you feel about the Iranian regime, we stand at a dangerous moment for our troops and for the Middle East, and even, perhaps, for the world," he said on the Senate floor. "Donald Trump has just launched America into a full-scale conflict against one of our most fervent adversaries without a plan, without an endgame and without authorization from Congress or even a debate in full view of the American people."

The Democratic leader said Americans are more concerned with rising costs at home than another overseas conflict.

"This is not what the American people want. The American people want more effective action to address the rising costs that are crushing them," he said. "They don’t want a war that leads to lost American lives and that costs billions and billions of taxpayer dollars."

"This is a war of choice, not necessity," he continued. "And regardless of whether you're a Democrat or a Republican or an independent, or even if you don't pay attention to politics, there's one thing almost everybody agrees with: we are sick and tired of endless wars in the Middle East. And there is real danger that this is the road we are on right now."

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