Hey there.
Something very important is happening in Congress this month, and nobody is talking about it.
A resolution is being considered by the Senate that presents the possibility of an end to
the horrific war on Yemen and it also promises a lot more than that.
This could be the beginning of the end of our pointless two decade long war on Terror.
Under the US constitution Congress is supposed to approve any war that the US fights.
For 16 years the president and the pentagon have done whatever they want because of a
single law that was rushed out on September 14, 2001.
This law Is known as the Authorization for the use of Military Force, or the AUMF for
short.
It is the central legal justification for all of the drone wars, all of the special
forces actions, and all the rest of the secret and open actions that make up the forever
war.
Iraq had its own authorization, but all the rest of it comes down to the AUMF.
The mission creep has been ridiculous.
The wording of the AUMF says it is aimed at those who carried out the attacks of 9-11,
yet it has been used to justify 16 years of military action from the Phillippines to Niger.
In that time Congress has done essentially nothing to take back its constitutional right
to determine where we go to war.
During the Bush Years first there was the shock of the attack, and then the chaos of
his disastrous wars to distract us from this illegality.
Obama's calm legalistic manner allowed all the evils of our wars to continue, unquestioned
and unrestrained, destroying countries like Libya and Syria, even though our actions often
had us allied with Al Queda rather than fighting against them as the AUMF requires.
Congress was happy to let the President handle it, because of the veneer of competence and
control that Obama provided.
Now we have a president who presents neither competence nor control.
The US congress is slowly waking up to its responsibilities.
It is taking a horrific and pointless war to do it.
The UN calls Yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
This crisis has been caused by Saudi bombers fueled by US planes, and with targets provided
by US intelligence.
This war is glaringly, obviously in violation of the AUMF.
We aren't targeting Al Queda in Yemen, we are targeting the Houthis, who are great enemies
of Al Queda.
Last November, the House of Representatives debated and passed a toothless resolution
expressing concern about Yemen.
These wheels are turning slowly, but they are turning.
This month we have a real opportunity to finally shut down this illegal, counterproductive
and horrific war.
A Democrat, A Republican and a very famous independent Senator have teamed up to restore
the honor of the US congress.
The resolution they have proposed requires that US forces stop participating in the war
in Yemen within 30 days.
Without the support of the US, the Saudi war on Yemen could collapse quickly, possibly
saving millions of lives.
This should be enough to prompt you to call your senator, but there's a potential for
more.
As of today, decisions about war and peace are made by bureaucrats who are more accountable
to defense contractors than they are to the US people.
If we leave it to them, these wars will never end.
But if we reward Congress for doing the right thing in Yemen, Congress might actually stand
up and do more.
We're not going to break the military industrial complex with a single legislative action.
But we can make it saner.
So please if you're a US citizen, call your senator, and ask them to support the Sanders-Lee-Murphy
resolution on Yemen in the Senate.
If you're not a US citizen please forward this video to somebody who is.
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