https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiPniWDSLkI&pp=ygUTdXMgd2lsbCBhdHRhY2sgaXJhbg%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI-Tt91iCcI&pp=ygUTdXMgd2lsbCBhdHRhY2sgaXJhbg%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L30VN1d_7U&t=27s&pp=ygUTdXMgd2lsbCBhdHRhY2sgaXJhbg%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0hJIngXeVM&pp=ygUTdXMgd2lsbCBhdHRhY2sgaXJhbg%3D%3D
A huge American armada with two aircraft carrier groups packed with the most advanced aircraft with the most lethal weapons in them is being gathered near Iran, and they are not there just for a picnic. Iran, even with the help of China and Russia, cannot withstand such a powerful onslaught, if made.
But will this attack be legal ? US Congressmen Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie have already announced they will be moving a bill in Congress against such an act without Congress authorization
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5745037-khanna-massie-war-powers-iran/
What is the legal position in this connection ?
Article 1 section 8 of the US Constitution says that it is the US Congress which has the power to declare war. No such power has been given to the US President.
But US President Harry Truman committed U.S. forces to the Korean War in June 1950 without a formal declaration of war or direct authorization from Congress, acting instead under a UN Security Council resolution dated 28.6.1950 to repel North Korea’s invasion ( the Soviet Union, which could have vetoed the resolution, was boycotting the UN at that time over the Taiwan issue ). Describing the conflict as a “police action,” Truman relied on his authority as commander-in-chief in Article 2 of the US Constitution, setting a significant precedent for future undeclared presidential wars.
https://www.cfr.org/articles/twe-remembers-trumans-decision-intervene-korea
https://www.loufisher.org/docs/wp/425.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-S-Truman/Outbreak-of-the-Korean-War
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-27/truman-orders-u-s-forces-to-korea-2
It is generally accepted that the US President has certain implied powers, apart from those expressly conferred on him by Article 2 of the US Constitution
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-27/truman-orders-u-s-forces-to-korea-2
However, there are certain grey areas on this issue, and much depends on the views of the judges constituting the US Supreme Court at a particular time. The majority of the present Judges are pro-Trump ( many were nominated by him ), so if there is a challenge to a US military action against Iran without Congressional authorization or approval, the likelihood is that it will be rejected by the Court, relying on the implied powers of the US President, and the alleged threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons
As regards international law, the Pact of Paris, 1928 ( the Kellogg-Briand Pact ) outlawed aggressive law, and its principle was approved in the Nuremberg Trials, and also in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_aggression.
However, little heed is paid to it by the powerful states e.g. the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the US attack on Venezuela. As the British jurist Holland said “international law is the vanishing point of jurisprudence,” suggesting that international law lacks the essential characteristics of true law—a sovereign legislature, binding sanctions, and enforcement mechanisms—and thus represents the limit where law becomes subordinate to international politics.
So nothing legally can be done if the US military attacks Iran Everything now depends on President Trump, whether he will order a strike or not, and Trump is known to be an assertive and aggressive President ( as the Venezuela attack shows )
[6:52 pm, 21/2/2026] Himanshu Poshwal Student: The AI Impact Summit 2026
By Justice Markandey Katju
The Government of India is nowadays hosting the AI ( Artificial Intelligence ) Summit, 2026 in Delhi from 16th to 21st February
https://hcimalta.gov.in/uploadFiles/AI_Impact_Summit_2026.pdf
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-ai-impact-summit-2026-live-updates-bharat-mandapam-new-delhi-global-tech-leaders-pm-modi-to-inaugurate-ai-impact-summit-day-4-emmanuel-macron-11056518
The summit was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 February 2026. The opening ceremony was also addressed by French President Macron and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Over 20 heads of state, more than 60 ministers, and 500 global AI leaders attended, with delegations from more than 100 countries.
Nowadays there is a great deal of fanfare, hullabaloo, and razzmatazz about AI. Many people are raving and going crazy about it, the latest fad and fancy in the world, as if it can solve all the problems facing mankind.
However, I have many reservations about AI
The basic problems of the underdeveloped countries of the world, i.e. countries of Asia ( except China and Japan ), Africa and Latin America, ( which comprise about 70% of the world’s population ), and even pockets in the developed countries, are socio-economic viz massive poverty, massive unemployment, massive child malnutrition ( about 50% of Indian children are mamourished, according to Global Hunger Index ), soaring prices of essential commodities like food, fuel, and medicines, lack of proper healthcare, good education and housing for the masses, etc.
How can AI solve these problems? Does it have a magic wand to do so ? I doubt it can do anything about them.
To divert the attention of the people from these real problems the rulers resort to various tactics. For example, the Roman Emperors used to say ” If you cannot give the people bread, give them circuses ( or gladiator contests ) ”. Some ‘shagoofa’ ( gimmick ) is needed all the time, to keep people away from the path of revolt against their miserable plight, e.g. the Metoo Movement, which was the fashionable thing at one time, or Yoga Day in India.
I am not saying that AI is something useless. For instance, it can be helpful in the medical field. But how many people in underdeveloped countries can even afford to go to a proper hospital or qualified doctor where AI can be applied ? The vast majority go to quacks, as they are too poor to go to a qualified doctor.
In other fields too AI may be helpful. But it has three drawbacks.
(1) It is wrong to say that AI can perform all the functions of the human mind. A human brain has something which not even the best, latest, and fastest super computer can ever have viz creativity. And it is creativity which is required to solve the basic socio-economic problems of the people mentioned above..
(2) AI will not give the correct answer to a question if that answer goes against the interest of the rulers, or the big business class ( who are the real beneficiaries of AI ). For instance, if we ask how can poverty, unemployment, hunger, malnutrition, lack of proper healthcare and good education for the masses etc be abolished in underdeveloped countries, AI cannot give the correct answer, which is a mighty historical people’s struggle and people’s revolution.
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-the-coming-great-revolution-in-india/
https://www.punjabtodaynews.com/facing-fearful-odds-indias-struggle-for-transformation-and-revolution/
(3) AI will generate more unemployment, when the need of the hour in countries like India is to reduce its massive unemployment. If the work of machines is taken over by AI, as AI will do ( like automation or robots ), what will the workers do ?
It must be understood that a worker is not just a producer, he is also a consumer. For instance, a worker in a steel mill produces steel, but he and his family consume food, clothing and other items by buying them with his wages. If a large number of workers become unemployed, they will lose their purchasing capacity. Then how can the goods produced be sold ? Will there not then be an economic recession ?
So unless some other source of employment is created for workers, AI will do more harm than good. But no one is thinking about how to create such alternative source of employment.
