America’s 23-Year-Old Endless War Bill Everyone Should Know About

It is time to usher in a new era of peace led by the once bloodthirsty United States

America has been at war for 222 years of its 248-year history.  It has been more than two decades since Congressed passed AUMF into law.  AUMF is short for Authorization for Use of Military Force.   

Introduced in the early aughts, AUMF has led to endless war.  Making matters worse is that AUMF has expanded government power.

Now is the Time to Stop Perpetual War

Though amendments to repeal AUMF have been proposed, none have passed into law.  The main problem with AUMF is that it provides United States presidents with expansive authorization to start wars.  AUMF passed by a vote of 420 yays to a single nay. 

It appears that the federal government might have been aware of the 9/11 attacks before they occurred.  The logic in allowing the attacks to occur is that doing so paved a path toward increased government control.  The Patriot Act and AUMF were passe…