Military actions abroad are not constitutional unless authorized by Congress and a declaration of war is issued. This is the only thing that keeps America from being a dictatorship. Authorization by Congress is the only way American people have a voice regarding military actions abroad.
" Over the weekend President Trump ordered a massive military operation against the small country of Yemen. Was Yemen in the process of attacking the United States? No. Did the President in that case go to Congress and seek a declaration of war against the country? No."
“In a real “America first” foreign policy we would be following the Russian and Chinese lead and staying out of the conflict. It’s not our war. End US military involvement in the Middle East and our troubles disappear. It really is that simple.”
If America conducts trade with a foreign country and pirates are attacking those trade routes, you would demand that America allow the pirates to attack those trade routes - including attacking Americans that are part of those trade routes - unless there’s an official declaration of war?
I agree in principle, yet leave it open to resolve conflicts outside our borders when in defense of life, liberty, and property.
I believe that when our Founding Fathers referenced “no foreign entanglements”, they meant extended conflict in other lands (like we now have in the Middle East and elsewhere). It does not prohibit defending ships and property attacked in international waters, since the ship being attacked is not “foreign” but rather, our own lives and property. It is possible that we defend ourselves and ensure that we protect our own property (ie: foreign embassies and military bases without getting “entangled” in the political and military affairs of foregin nations – politically or otherwise.
We should not have to rely on a the Corrupt And Zionist/AIPAC-Owned Clowns of Capital Hill to fly in from their home states and vote on a situation being classified as a “War” before we can radio a ship that is being attacked and give it the right to defend itself and its lives and cargo. I do not believe that this was the intention of the Founding Fathers, or even a sane suggestion to be applied today. The moment we have our hands tied behind our backs (as seen by the rest of the world’s military powers), that we need permission from our Congress of Zionist-Baboons, there would be worldwide auction in less than six months, auctioning our congressional clowns off to the highest bidder nations, and the pirates of every country on earth will be sailing full steam ahead, for every busy U.S. shipping lane on the planet. You want to shut down Middle-Eastern “entaglements”? Hold AIPAC criminally responsible for staging an insurrection via the commandeering and corruption of our congressional officials, coporate CEOS, top-level industry officials, government regulators and agency heads, and under these charges of high treason and sedition, designate it as a political-terrorist organization, and bar it from the United States. That will shut down said ME “entanglements” overnight.
You see, we are currently “foreign-entangled” largely because we have since been “domestically-entangled” by Zionist, Chinese, and British infiltration and commandeering. We are fighting other wars and causes for the benefit other countries (at our own expense) because we lost control of steering our own ship. Said simply: In our complacency and ongoing ignorance, we have been silently and stealthily commandeered by multiple countries. After several failed decades of traitorous presidential administrations, the United States is seen by the rest of the world as a massive rudderless ship, adrift, loaded with cargo, and ripe for pillage and plunder. Hopefully Trump has retaken command of the ship’s wheel and is steering us away from further harm. My two cents. Thx.
So if you found yourself being held hostage by terrorists in a foreign country, you would insist that the United States Government not make any attempt to rescue you unless such action was explicitly approved by Congress?
On March 15 2025 President Trump started bombing the Houtis in Yemen. The scandal about leaked text messages via signal chat regarding the bombings of the Houtis in Yemen is another diversion from the real scandal. The scandal is not that military information was leaked out to media before the attack. The scandal is that the attack was illegal and unconstitutional. That seems to be ignored.
"President Trump had no authorization to bomb the Houtis in Yemen. There was no Declaration of War by Congress. There was no authorization for the use of force by Congress. There are no national security interests at stake and there was no imminent threat to the United States. Bombing the Houtis to send a message to Iran is not a justified reason to bomb the Houtis.
America First Congressional Representative, Thomas Massie, stated that the attacks on Yemen were in fact illegal as evidenced by the leaked signal chat conversation. The President should have gone to Congress as there was no imminent threat.
The United States government is running in the red and required a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. This means that we borrowed money to fund the illegal war on Yemen.
So, this begs the question, who paid for the bombs?
Guess your grand kids did. That seems fair since the grandkids of the people killed will probably grow up hating your grandkids. Since they will likely be targets, we may as well stick them with the bill too.
Now Houtis are targeting U.S. warships. U.S. airstrikes were carried out last night killing a couple more people. Trump stated that he will be bombing the Houtis for a long time and stated that the air strikes were very successful. The United States carried out 65 airstrikes in 24 hours.
The Houtis are interfering with Red Sea naval traffic. The Red Sea does not impact U.S. commerce greatly. It has a larger impact on Europe."
I’m not saying starting a war, I’m saying something as simple as a rescue raid.
Go in, kill the terrorists, rescue the hostages, get out.
Which brings me back to my original question:
Do you think that America should refrain from any kind of commerce with foreign nations?
Do you think that America should go full isolationist? Should all Americans refrain from any movement outside America, because there can be no assurance of anyone’s safety outside the United States?
And if you think that Congress should have full approval over any and all US military action, what is the purpose of the President being Constitutionally established as the nations Commander-in-Chief?
Just because you don’t value your life, doesn’t mean others don’t. And secondly, Egypt asked for America’s help on the matter. It was a mutual operation.
So it is your opinion that America should go full, 100% isolationist with no more contact or interaction with other nations than is absolutely, strictly necessary?
With no expectation that America would do anything to protect its citizens outside its borders, creating open season on any US Citizens across the entire rest of the world.
US Shipping would be the most appealing possible targets for pirates, who would know that odds of facing punishment for their actions would be minimal.
And, to reiterate a previously ignored important question: If you think that Congress should have full approval over any and all US military action, what is the purpose of the President being Constitutionally established as the nations Commander-in-Chief?
You don’t think there are people in the world who would openly go after US Citizens if they knew they didn’t have to worry about the US protecting those Citizens?
You’ve made quite clear this isn’t just about war, this is about any and all military actions of any kind.
Not just war, any military action.
You’ve made it abundantly clear that you want the US to be a pacifist nation by default unless Congress explicitly says otherwise, and that the President should have no power to do anything militarily unless that action is explicitly approved by Congress.
#H.Res.922 - Defining presidential wars not declared by Congress under Article I, section 8, clause 11 (Declare War Clause) as impeachable “high crimes and misdemeanors” within the meaning of Article II, section 4 of the Constitution and defining the meanings of war and cobelligerency for purposes of the Declare War Clause and Impeachment provisions. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/922?q={
#H.R.4837 - To prohibit the introduction of the Armed Forces into hostilities in North Korea without a declaration of war or explicit statutory authorization, and for other purposes. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4837