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

Tue Nov 18 09:43:25 EST 2014

I  agree with Carl, while  I understand how one might feel that going to war without congressional approval is wrong, and we should request congressional approval as a matter of process, in hopes that funding war will be rejected, nonetheless I agree that the "big picture" requires we insist on no war rather than permission or funding for war.

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:52:11 -0600
To: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Congress: no $$ for war without debate & vote
From: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net

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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