By Dan McKnight
This past weekend, without fanfare, passed two anniversaries that remind us why Bring Our Troops Home is such a pivotal organization, and why we deserve your continued support.
First, it was the 20-year anniversary of George W. Bush signing the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
This was the resolution—still on the books—that Congress passed giving the president unlimited authority to wage perpetual war in Iraq.
Twenty years later, we still have 2,500 soldiers in Iraq. And there are neocons lobbying to use it as an excuse to go to war with Iran. (Try explaining how that makes sense).
We live in a country where a single person, the president, holds tyrannical authority over the critical decision of war and peace.
The Founding Fathers didn’t intend for the American president to have the same authority as a foreign strongman like Vladimir Putin, but that’s the system we live under.
Our government became like this because of a power-hungry executive branch and a weak-willed legislative branch fearful of accountability.
Only state governments, acting in the protective interests of their residents, can fix this federal problem.
Defend the Guard legislation would prohibit the deployment of a state’s National Guard units into active combat without a declaration of war by Congress.
This enforces Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, and will cripple the government’s ability to wage illegal, endless wars.
Jonas E. Alexis has degrees in mathematics and philosophy. He studied education at the graduate level. His main interests include U.S. foreign policy, the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, and the history of ideas. He is the author of the new book Zionism vs. the West: How Talmudic Ideology is Undermining Western Culture. He teaches mathematics in South Korea.
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