Mainers should take note of how our congressional delegation voted on the recent War Powers Resolution. Though this bill was never expected to clear the House of Representatives or the Senate, it marks on the record how our delegation views our country’s latest incursion to the Middle East. Sen. Collins and Rep. Golden both opposed, indicating to me that they support this war.
In a few years, when Americans are still dying in Iran, working to “dismantle the nuclear program” and/or “topple the regime,” remember how these representatives did nothing to stop this open-ended, ridiculous conflict, which our country had no business getting involved in.
Americans wonder why we have $39 trillion in debt? Because our ruling class is very good at setting fire to taxpayer dollars in a new foreign conflict, every other year. Donald Trump is proving himself no different, and no more about “America First,” than any other president. Collins and Golden have done their part to support his folly and the defense industry — not the Mainers who pay for it.
Preston Spicer
Farmingdale
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