To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
End the Endless War
Support H.R. 198 (113th Congress (2013-2014)), 'Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force,' and any other equivalent repeal proposal in the US Congress, to repeal the endless "war on terror."
The Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541), signed into law on September 18, 2001, has been used to justify a broad and open-ended authorization for the use of military force, and such an interpretation is inconsistent with the authority of Congress to declare war and make all laws for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States.
We need to step back from the world's conflicts instead of laboring to create the next world war. We need education and construction (at home and abroad), not invasion and destruction. Repeal the AUMF now.
Thank you.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541), signed into law on September 18, 2001, has been used to justify a broad and open-ended authorization for the use of military force, and such an interpretation is inconsistent with the authority of Congress to declare war and make all laws for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States.
We need to step back from the world's conflicts instead of laboring to create the next world war. We need education and construction (at home and abroad), not invasion and destruction. Repeal the AUMF now.
Thank you.
Why is this important?
On Memorial Day, as a member of Families of 9/11 & Voices of Sept 11, I want to honor and recognize the fallen by beginning a petition effort to end the endless war that has been ongoing since 9/11/2001.
My son is now more than eight. In less than ten years' time, I imagine the world he will live in. I wonder what he will be asked of him. Will he be enmeshed in what will by then be a 22 year long world war? I want a Memorial Day where we can remember and honor the fallen ~ during a time of peace. How can we exist in a war without end? The answer, I think, is clear. We can remember and honor the fallen best by seeking a better world.
My son is now more than eight. In less than ten years' time, I imagine the world he will live in. I wonder what he will be asked of him. Will he be enmeshed in what will by then be a 22 year long world war? I want a Memorial Day where we can remember and honor the fallen ~ during a time of peace. How can we exist in a war without end? The answer, I think, is clear. We can remember and honor the fallen best by seeking a better world.