Presidential Oath of Office: “ I do solemnly swear that I will
faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will
to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States.”
Constitution, Article 1, Section 8... "Congress shall have the power to...declare war,”
LAST TIME CONGRESS DECLARED WAR: Dec 8, 1941, as urged by FDR against Japan (and Axis powers)
I am well aware that almost all Presidents since FDR have not done
this; whether Democrat or Republican. Truman had a “police action” in
Korea, Bush went after non-existant WMD in Iraq, and Trump has now twice
violated his oath and the Constitution in Syria. This last time he had
plenty of time to get Congress to pass a war declaration---plenty of
time—but he choose to go ahead without one.
That is grounds for Impeachment and it should be done.
No excuses folks! Either we believe in our Constitution, all of it,
or we don’t. Some will say there are other grounds that should be used,
but this is the clearest and most unassailable. I don’t know that Vice
President Pence would be much better, but that is beside the point. My
conscience is clear. I have argued against so called “War Powers
Resolutions" that Congress occasionally passes ever since Truman, as
violating the Constitution. There is NO logic in saying Congress can
pass a law or resolution to amend the Constitution, there is a clearly
prescribed process for amendments. War Resolutions aren’t it.
Pity, just as Nixon’s greatest achievement was the “opening to
China," which no Democrat could have done, I had hopes Mr. Trump could
somehow negotiate a deal to defuse the potentially tragic situation with
North Korea; but that too must wait.
If you believe in the American Revolution (and I do); if you
believe in what the founding fathers wrote in the Declaration of
Independence (and I do) and the Constitution (and I do); and the Bill of
Rights (and I do)---then there is no course left but to actively urge
our Congressmen and Senators to introduce and support impeachment, and
ask them about it at every possible opportunity.
Otherwise we can never call ourselves truly Americans.
I'm just sayin'...
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