Trump's War: Israel First vs. America First

What would JFK the internationalist say?

Left: emergency workers sift the rubble of an Israeli-U.S. missile attack that killed scores of Iranian schoolgirls. Right; authors of the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump.

The once debatable notion that we live in a democratic republic, governed by the Constitution of the United States, has been definitively debunked by the bombing of Tehran. We do not.

Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, Congress holds the exclusive power to formally declare war, “ensuring this decision rests with elected representatives rather than a single executive.” Or so Google’s Artificial Intelligence agent tells me with a straight face.

Is Gemini a conscious being having a private laugh at our human naivete? Or is it algorithm machine regurgitating this defunct fallacy to insulate the bankroll of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin with the illusion of constitutional democracy? The two Google gods are worth $519 billion, which tells you this: They…