Get rid of all AUMF now!!!!
AUMFs relate to the 1991 Gulf War (click here) and a 1957 measure countering ‘Communist aggression’
The USA does not need a war to keep this country's military strength along with NATO. There is more money to spend during peacetime than when at war. It is time to reinvest in the USA and fight the war against greenhouse gases, poverty, and racism.
When the political right likes to warmonger they point to success stories of nation-building like during WWII with Japan and Germany. That war as well as with World War I was a war of allies to survive evil. Europe and Russia could not defeat the Third Reich. The USA came in with fresh troops and military equipment built by USA industry. We drove the lousy demons back and saved Europe and ended the war with Russia. We would have been next anyway and Japan was already taking advantage of the European War when they bombed Pearl Harbor.
The USA successfully fought a two-front war with the help of FDR and our allies. We saved Europe, but, killed millions of people. It was the only time nuclear warfare ever was used.
Nation-building after WWII was to prevent war, not incite it. It wasn't nation-building either, it was war reparations which is engaged after a war is concluded.
We have had too many wars and not enough diplomacy that works. Diplomats will continue their work with Afghanistan to protect lives and bring about humanitarian efforts. The Taliban will suffer greatly if they simply kill Afghan citizens at will for absolutely no reason at all except to instill fear and control. The Taliban will be held responsible for the deaths of Afghan civilians.
