Joel Anabilah-Azumah says he would vote to remove U.S. forces from Iran
Independent candidate for U.S. House in New York's 9th district, in an emailed statement
“At the present time, I would vote for a war powers resolution to remove forces from Iran”
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At the present time, I would vote for a war powers resolution to remove forces from Iran for the following reasons: 1) We are running low on precision weapons and do not yet have the capacity to manufacture these weapons in high volume. 2) The winning condition has to be more precise than preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon. It looks like a regime change operation from where I sit. 3) The lack of an operational timeline for the current mission makes it difficult for military leaders to determine the resources necessary to achieve that mission. You cannot "piece together" personnel and a supply chain for a medium term mission.
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Emailed statement
Emailed statement from Joel Anabilah-Azumah to Dispute Index on an Iran war powers vote
At the present time, I would vote for a war powers resolution to remove forces from Iran for the following reasons: 1) We are running low on precision weapons and do not yet have the capacity to manufacture these weapons in high volume. 2) The winning condition has to be more precise than preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon. It looks like a regime change operation from where I sit. 3) The lack of an operational timeline for the current mission makes it difficult for military leaders to determine the resources necessary to achieve that mission. You cannot "piece together" personnel and a supply chain for a medium term mission.
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Emailed reply from independent congressional candidate Joel Anabilah-Azumah (NY-9) to a Dispute Index question about U.S. military involvement in Iran. He said he would vote for a war powers resolution to remove U.S. forces from Iran, citing depleted precision-weapons stockpiles, an unclear objective he described as resembling regime change, and the lack of an operational timeline.
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Dispute Index asked Azumah on September 28 whether we had missed a public statement from him on U.S. military involvement in Iran.
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Rep. Yvette Clarke, the Democratic incumbent seeking reelection in the district, is also on record opposing continued U.S. military operations against Iran in this tracker.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Do they support the war in Iran?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The case tracks support for continued U.S. military operations against Iran. Azumah says he would currently vote for a war powers resolution removing U.S. forces, so we labeled it Condemned.
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