A Left-Right Alliance to Stop the Forever Wars – Led by Veterans

Earlier this week, over 50 veterans of America ’s seemingly endless warsfanned out across Capitol Hill to make the case for ending these wars. The organizers of the initiative, VoteVets and Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), have been on opposite sides on many issues. But, as theNew York Times reported earlier this year, they ’ve come together to call on members of Congress to take responsibility, and revisit the nearly 18-year-old Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed immediately after 9/11.CVA ’s Dan Caldwell explains in a newvideo that the groups ’ members share “a common bond through military service.” Both groups would now like to see Congress “use the powers given to it in the Constitution to help America pursue a more restrained foreign policy.”VoteVets ’ chairman Jon Soltz agrees. “If there’s a national security threat, and its debated in Congress, there’s reasons for military action. But we’ve exhausted those reasons in many places that we’re currently fighting in the world.”“It’s our job as activists,” he continues, “to identify where Congress is negligent and begin to establish paths forward, and create political repercussions for people that don’t want to do their job.”Some members of Congress aren ’t shirking their responsibilities. At a luncheon on Wednesday hosted by CVA,Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) pointed to the bill that he has co-sponsored with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), that calls for the removal of a...
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