Trump keeps threatening war against Iran. His National Security Advisor John Bolton is salivating at the possibility of starting that war, which Bolton has been urging for many, many years. His Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also is a hawk supporting war.
The Constitution EXPLICITLY states that ONLY CONGRESS can declare war. A president cannot start a war based on his own authority. The U.S. has been violating the Constitution for many decades! After 9-11-2001 the Bush/Cheney regime pushed Congress to delegate Congress’s authority to the president through a sweeping open-ended “Authorization to Use Military Force” (AUMF), which lets to president start wars and use other military violence anywhere to stop “terrorism” related to al-Qaeda or whoever seems to have attacked the U.S. on 9-11-2001.
Bush/Cheney and Obama used the AUMF to start new wars and conduct military violence in many nations, and Trump is continuing. Trump is more reckless and ignorant than his predecessors, and he has hired John Bolton, Mike Pompeo, and other reckless hawks to conduct his foreign policy.
WAR IS IMMINENT!
WE MUST PREVENT IT NOW!
Recently at this blog’s “Iran” section I posted information and links to some petitions. Now several more petitions to Congress and several e-mails urging us to phone Congress have been launched in the past few days. They deserve our support and participation. SEE BELOW:
John Bolton is itching for a war against Iran. The article at the following link says Bolton threatens Iran with ‘unrelenting force’ as US bombers deployed to Middle East. “Bolton wants war. He will do any provocation to get war.” Click this link: https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/05/06/itching-for-a-war-bolton-threatens-iran-with-unrelenting-force-as-us-bombers-deployed-to-middle-east/
Here is a short article titled, “Trump’s Failing Iran Policy” — https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-06/focus/trumps-failing-iran-policy
Several times in history, the U.S. has started wars based on “false flag” operations (e.g., the Spanish-American War and Vietnam’s phony “Gulf of Tonkin” incident) or fraudulent evidence and deliberate distortions (e.g., the 1991 and 2003 wars against Iraq). Now the Trump regime is claiming — WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE — that Iran attacked an oil tanker. Pompeo has NO EVIDENCE for blaming Iran for a tanker attack. See this article:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/13/deja-vu-iraq-war-lies-mike-pompeo-blames-iran-tanker-attack-without-single-shred?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=%27Deja%20Vu%27%20of%20Iraq%20War%20Lies%20as%20Mike%20Pompeo%20Blames%20Iran%20for%20Tanker%20Attack%20Without%20Single%20Shred%20of%20Evidence&utm_campaign=Pompeo%27s%20Evidence-Free%20Claims%20Against%20Iran%20Provide%20D%5Cu00E9j%5Cu00E0%20Vu%20of%20Iraq%20War%20Lies%20%7C%20News%20%2526%20Views&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-Pompeo%27s%20Evidence-Free%20Claims%20Against%20Iran%20Provide%20D%5Cu00E9j%5Cu00E0%20Vu%20of%20Iraq%20War%20Lies%20%7C%20News%20%2526%20Views-_-%27Deja%20Vu%27%20of%20Iraq%20War%20Lies%20as%20Mike%20Pompeo%20Blames%20Iran%20for%20Tanker%20Attack%20Without%20Single%20Shred%20of%20Evidence
Pompeo’s anti-Iran rhetoric shows he is a liar and is incompetent. See this article:
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/06/13/i-dont-trust-administration-lemon-zester-let-alone-war-iran?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=I%20Don%27t%20Trust%20This%20Administration*%20With%20a%20Lemon%20Zester%2C%20Let%20Alone%20a%20War%20With%20Iran&utm_campaign=Pompeo%27s%20Evidence-Free%20Claims%20Against%20Iran%20Provide%20D%5Cu00E9j%5Cu00E0%20Vu%20of%20Iraq%20War%20Lies%20%7C%20News%20%2526%20Views&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-Pompeo%27s%20Evidence-Free%20Claims%20Against%20Iran%20Provide%20D%5Cu00E9j%5Cu00E0%20Vu%20of%20Iraq%20War%20Lies%20%7C%20News%20%2526%20Views-_-I%20Don%27t%20Trust%20This%20Administration*%20With%20a%20Lemon%20Zester%2C%20Let%20Alone%20a%20War%20With%20Iran
Information with encouragement to build the movement against the “false flag” incident:
https://uspeacecouncil.org/uspc-action-alert-expose-the-false-flag-operation-in-the-persian-gulf-stop-the-drive-toward-war-with-iran/
Sign petition to Congress: Prevent Trump from starting an unnecessary and dangerous war against Iran: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/letters/sign-and-send-a-petition-congress-must-prevent-an-unnecessary-and-dangerous-war-with-iran?detail=emailaction&link_id=0&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-trump-is-driving-us-to-the-brink-of-war-congress-must-stop-him-signature-needed-5&email_referrer=email_567867&email_subject=trump-is-driving-us-to-the-brink-of-war-congress-must-stop-him-signature-needed
Sign this petition to Congress also: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-congress-must-stop-trump-from-starting-a-war-with-iran?source=2019NoIranWar_WAND&referrer=group-womens-action-for-new-directions
Sign this petition to stop the war before it starts: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-war-with-iran-before-it-starts/?link_id=1&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-stop-the-war-with-iran-before-it-starts&email_referrer=email_568497&email_subject=stop-the-war-with-iran-before-it-starts
Sign petition to repeal the 2001 AUMF and prevent Trump’s war against Iran: https://main-votevets.bsd.net/page/signup/aumf-congress-iran?source=em190621-full
Phone Congress and tell them to prevent Trump’s war against Iran: https://www.codepink.org/nowariran?utm_campaign=iran_drone_attack_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink
