[Peace] Noah Wall, FreedomWorks: It's Time for President Trump to Get America Out of Yemen

[Robert Naiman]

Please forward this widely. Now it's all about people who have a path to
President Trump, to sway him to sign the Sanders-Lee-Murphy Yemen War
Powers Resolution into law or to let it pass into law without his signature.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/14/wall-america-yemen/

OPINION: IT’S TIME FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GET AMERICA OUT OF YEMEN
5:00 PM 04/14/2019 | OPINION
Noah Wall | Vice President, Advocacy at FreedomWorks

When President Trump stated, “Great nations do not fight endless wars” in
his 2019 State of the Union address, he reaffirmed a central campaign
promise that flies in the face of the Washington establishment’s status
quo. President Trump should ignore the neoconservative national security
advisers and sign the bipartisan Yemen resolution passed this week by both
Houses of Congress. The resolution would end our involvement in a foreign
war fought on behalf of untrustworthy state-actors who could care less
about American lives and security.

The United States has pursued a failed policy of nation-building for the
better part of four decades. Many of our trade partners in the Middle East
need to solve their own problems. Saudi Arabia in particular, which has no
problem pursuing a policy of reckless interventionism against rebel groups
in the Arabian peninsula, is certainly wealthy enough to go it alone in
Yemen. Similar to how President Trump has urged our European allies to
contribute more to their own defense, Trump should have no qualms with
leaving Saudi Arabia to fight its own war.

U.S. involvement in Yemen began in 2015 under the Obama administration
without a congressional declaration of war. American troops are still
deployed to Iraq more than 15 years after President George W. Bush’s 2003
invasion. The War in Afghanistan has gone on for so long that Americans
born after 9/11 could now be sent there to serve. Our involvement in
endless foreign wars is not a Democratic or Republican problem, it’s a
Washington establishment problem decades in the making.

Whether through its failure to support the anti-communist Hungarian
revolution of 1956, or the disaster that was bringing “American Democracy”
to Iraq post-2003, the Washington establishment has a history of broken
promises. The United States must stop making these promises to intervene in
conflicts that fail to advance national security objectives. Irresponsible
promises lead to endless wars.

President Trump should end U.S. involvement in Yemen before we become
bogged down in yet another perpetual conflict that stretches our resources
thin and puts American lives at risk. People die and our reputation suffers
due to broken promises that would otherwise have the U.S. military deployed
almost everywhere and fight nearly anywhere. By continuing to engage in
interventionism for the sake of national security and nation building, the
U.S. sets itself up for failure. Flawed decision making by the Washington
establishment has made more enemies abroad and weakened U.S. national
security.

As an outsider, President Trump is far removed from the Washington
establishment. Trump’s campaign promise to keep the U.S. out of endless
wars is one he can actually keep. In fact, it’s probably the sort of
promise that contributed greatly to Trump’s election, seeing as most
Americans oppose U.S. involvement in Yemen. And for good reason. Yemen
would rarely feature in the American media if not for our involvement in
the Saudi-led war. Trump should capitalize on this widespread discontent
and sign the Yemen resolution. As a man who cares deeply about his brand,
Trump could go down in history as the anti-war President that put America
first.

In an era of big-government power grabs from both parties, true
conservatives need a win that returns the power to make war to Congress
where it belongs. By signing the Yemen resolution, President Trump could
show his support for principled conservatives in Congress. Sens. Mike Lee
(R-Utah) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), as well as Freedom Caucus members like
Reps. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) all voted in favor of
the measure. Unsurprisingly, some of President Trump’s most ardent
supporters in Congress are anti-establishment Republicans who put principle
over party in the best interests of the American people.

The Yemen resolution is one of the few examples we’ve seen recently of
Congress taking steps to reaffirm its constitutional role. For too long,
Congress has delegated its authority to the executive branch, either to the
president or to unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats. By passing the Yemen
Resolution, Congress has taken an important step towards reclaiming its
Article I powers. President Trump’s decision to sign the Yemen resolution
would not only allow him to make good on a major campaign promise, but also
deliver a well-deserved win to supporters of constitutional governance.

Democrats and Republicans alike are responsible for our endless wars in the
Middle East. President Trump has the unique opportunity to do what his
predecessors could not. Trump should embrace his anti-establishment
instincts and do what’s right for the country. If Trump wants to win
re-election and continue making America great again, he should sign the
Yemen resolution and avoid another endless war.

*Noah Wall (@NoahwWall <http://www.twitter.com/NoahwWall>) is vice
president of advocacy at FreedomWorks <http://www.freedomworks.org/>, a
nationwide grassroots organization dedicated to lower taxes, smaller
government, individual liberty and the American rule of law.*

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