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Well, no, it wasn't all of Congress' idea, but because much of Congress did the correct and honorable thing and voted against the use of force resolution.

And as a matter of fact, it's well-known that the administration would like to attack Iran, an authoritarian country with huge oil reserves. But the intelligence agencies and the Pentagon are mostly opposed to it, so they're stuck with just the two wars.