Editorials & Other Articles

The OP is speaking of both national and international law.

Several lawyers and scholars who have studied the international law of armed conflict say the United States is without a doubt at war with Iran for purposes of application of that law, and that Mr. Trump acted in violation of international conventions.

“The short answer is that this is, in my view, illegal under both international law and U.S. domestic law,” said Oona Hathaway, a professor of international law at Yale Law School who has worked at the Defense Department."

Not just law but logic and common sense would consider any nation bombing another to be an act of war, we certainly would if it happened to us.