[Peace-discuss] Congress: no $$ for war without debate & vote

[C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss]

We should urge our representative and senators to oppose any funding for war, period.

A Congressional "authorization for the use of force" cannot make mass murder legal under international law.

America's criminal war-making (and provocations of Russia and China) is in aid of the economic advantage of the American one percent - via their control of the Eurasian economy - and monstrously dangerous to the rest of the world, including Americans, who pay for it. 

We should instead call upon the Congress to institute impeachment proceedings against the war-makers in the US government, starting with the President. 


On Nov 17, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Robert Naiman <noreply at list.moveon.org> wrote:

> Dear C. G. Estabrook,
> 
> The Pentagon has requested $5 billion in new funding for the new war in Iraq and Syria. But Congress has not yet debated and voted on an authorization for the use of military force [AUMF] [1], and budget watchdog groups say the Pentagon can easily find the money in the massive budgets it already has. [2]    
> 
> Urge your Representative and Senators to oppose any new funding for war in Iraq and Syria until Congress has debated and voted on an authorization for the use of force and the Pentagon has explained why it needs more money on top of the massive budgets it already has, by signing our petition at MoveOn.
> 
> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/no-war-money-without-debate
> 
> I explained why the idea of Congress giving the Pentagon new tax dollars for the war before Congress debates and votes on an AUMF is outrageous six ways from Sunday in a piece at Truthout. You can read and share that here:
> 
> http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27478-5-billion-for-iraq-syria-war-three-reasons-to-oppose
> 
> Here is the text of our petition at MoveOn:
> 
> "Members of Congress should oppose any new funding for war in Iraq and Syria until Congress has debated and voted on an Authorization for the Use of Military Force [AUMF] and the Pentagon has explained why it needs more money on top of the massive budgets it already has."
> Urge your Representative and Senators to stand up for transparency and accountability by signing and sharing our petition:   
> 
> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/no-war-money-without-debate 
> 
> Thanks for all you do to help end, limit, and constrain war using democracy and the rule of law,
> 
> Robert Naiman
> Just Foreign Policy
> 
> References: 
> 1. “Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine: We're in ISIS war 'without legal authority,'” Laura Koran and Ashley Killough, CNN, November 12, 2014,http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/politics/tim-kaine-isis/index.html
> 2. “The Pentagon's Budget Bamboozle: Lawmakers should look very closely at the latest Pentagon funding request,” Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 12, 2014, http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2014/11/12/congress-should-look-closely-at-pentagon-overseas-funding-requests 
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