NO to Endless War 2-13-2015

13, February 2015                 NO to Endless War

Cognizant of the mounting American opposition to endless war, the new Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) proposed by the White House includes fuzzy language promising ‘no enduring offensive ground combat operations". This ignores the reality of 3,000 US forces already on the ground. The AUMF also includes a provision that would allow US ground forces "to take military action against ISIL leadership". Congress appears to have forgotten the prior 2001 AUMF which granted George Bush carte blanche permission to wage his ‘war on terror’, which destabilized much of the Middle East and intensified hostility towards the US. The birth of the terror group, ISIS was a direct result of the US invasion of Iraq. President Obama followed with his assault on Libya which has plunged the country into civil war. Obama’s drone wars have killed hundreds of civilians in Pakistan and Yemen which is also teetering on civil war.  Bombing Muslim countries foments an enduring seething hostility towards the US and only serves as an unending recruitment for ISIS.  We have allowed our war manufactures to flood the Middle East with billions of dollars of weapons to our “allies” including our Saudi Arabia, who have been funding our enemies including terror groups behind the 9/11 attack. I urge concerned citizens to write to your representatives and demand “NO” on new war authorization and a repeal of the 2001 War Authorization.