'Congress — through its power of the purse and power of war — should scale down the U.S. military footprint in the Middle East,' says this Marine veteran. A first step: Ending the post-Sept. 11 Authorization for Use of Military Force, he writes in WBUR.
. The replacement for the AUMF should be far more restrictive of executive war-making. And finally, Congress — through its power of the purse and power of war — should scale down the U.S. military footprint in the Middle East.
By passing H.R. 2354, Congress would begin to restore clarity, conviction and confidence. It could prevent"kinetic military operations in or against Iran" without its approval. To strike Iran, the president would need to make a clear case that earns bipartisan support. With this reclaimed authority, Congress can then rein in American adventurism in the Middle East. Far too much blood — American, Iraqi, Afghan — has been lost. Trillions have been sunk into the business of war, instead of into infrastructure, health care and education at home and abroad.
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