Public Notice
As John Yoo — yeah, the torture enthusiast — wrote in the Washington Post:
The US cannot wage war against any source of harm to Americans. Americans have died in car wrecks at an annual rate of about 40,000 in recent years; the nation does not wage war on auto companies. American law instead relies upon the criminal justice or civil tort systems to respond to broad, persistent social harms. In war, nations use extraordinary powers against other nations to prevent future attacks on their citizens and territory.
You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to John Yoo, but he’s spot on here. Drug trafficking harms Americans, sure, but that’s a crime, not a declaration of war.
This brings us back to Hegseth, who is the worst sort of bully and coward.
“You’re prompting me wrong.”
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@carlbergstrom.com) December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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P.S. Side note:… IN THE CONSTITUTION
Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.
— Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
