Joel Anabilah-Azumah
Role at the time: Independent candidate for U.S. House in New York's 9th district, in an emailed statement
Statement summary
Joel Anabilah-Azumah, the independent candidate for New York's 9th congressional district, said in an emailed statement that he would currently vote for a war powers resolution to remove U.S. forces from Iran. He cited depleted precision-weapons stockpiles, an objective he said looks like a regime-change operation rather than preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and the absence of an operational timeline for military planners.
“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.
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.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used 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.