[Peace] [Peace-discuss] In reference to comments on yesterdays News from Neptune

[Robert Naiman]

https://ocasio2018.com/issues

[...]

A Peace Economy

Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United States has entangled itself
in war and occupation throughout the Middle East and North Africa. As of
2018, we are currently involved in military action in Libya, Syria, Iraq,
Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia. Hundreds of thousands of
civilians in these countries have been killed either as collateral damage
from American strikes or from the instability caused by U.S. interventions.
Millions more have fled their broken countries, contributing to the global
refugee crisis.

This continued action damages America’s legitimacy as a force for good,
creates new generations of potential terrorists, and erodes American
prosperity. In times when we’re told that there’s not enough money,
Republicans and corporate Democrats seem to find the cash to fund a $1.1
trillion fighter jet program or a $1.7 trillion-dollar nuclear weapon
“modernization” program. The costs are extreme: the Pentagon’s budget for
2018 is $700 billion dollars: to continue fighting an endless War on Terror
and refighting the Cold War with a new arms race that nobody can win.

According to the Constitution, the right to declare war belongs to the
legislative body, and yet many of these global acts of aggression have
never once been voted on by Congress. In some cases, we've even acted
unilaterally, without the backing of the United Nations.

America should not be in the business of destabilizing countries. While we
may see ourselves as liberators, the world increasingly views us as
occupiers and aggressors. Alexandria believes that we must end the "forever
war" by bringing our troops home, and ending the air strikes that
perpetuate the cycle of terrorism throughout the world.

By bringing our troops home, we can begin to heal the wounds we're opening
by continuing military engagement. We can begin to repair our image. We can
reunite military families, separated by repeated deployments. We can become
stronger by building stronger diplomatic and economic ties, and by saving
our armed forces only for when they're truly needed.

[...]

Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1

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