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Texas Voters Take A Stand Against Unconstitutional Wars
“This vote is both an affirmation and a warning.”
“This vote is both an affirmation and a warning.”
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Hey, psssst…Trump has repeatedly said he would send American troops into Mexico.
Oh that’s easy, wars are 100% constitutional when the right is for them. So, mainly blowing up brown people, getting cheap oil, etc.
I am having trouble following the logic on this. When was the last time we sent troops to an overseas conflict? Iraq and Afghanistan, right?
While Congress didn’t declare war there, they sure did approve of both actions. As in they voted to approve the funding. Sure, we kept troops there…until we didn’t. And we have plenty of military posts around the world. And ships projecting power and protecting shipping. All things Congress has approved. But I can’t think of a time since Iraq and Afghanistan when we sent troops to an overseas conflict. We didn’t send troops into Syria when Isis became a thing. And we haven’t sent troops into Ukraine or Israel. We have sent money and weapons to both. But again, Congress approved both…until they didn’t.
The concern here is this…if a guardsman is ordered to deploy, and refuses based on a law passed in Texas, who is going to the brig? The Texas legislature and Governor? Or the guardsman? I agree completely that Congress needs to do its job. But I don’t think the Texas legislature should do it for them.
Recovering Lobbyist , obviously you speak without knowledge. We currently have troops ie: war planes deployed to Jordan that routinely bomb targets in Syria. These bombings serve no national interest nor were they authorized by congress. You may counter that these bombings were in response to aggression against our troops stationed there. Well guess what, if they weren’t there they wouldn’t get attacked. Yes we have ships deployed to “protect” shipping but why is it the responsibility of the United States to perform this function on the other side of the world? If we are protecting American owned ships that’s all well and good but I haven’t yet found in the constitution any language stating that a function of our armed forces is to protect world commerce. It’s quite obvious you ascribe to the gospel of Cheney of which Nikki is an acolyte, keep conflicts going and use our soldiers as a tool to enrich yourself and your friends. Texas, and I suspect a lot of other states and their citizens are fed up with this mindset