Woolsey on Afghanistan today: The United Nations said over the weekend that there were more civilian casualties in May than in any other single month of this war. Needless to say, killing innocent people is certainly not the way to win the hearts and minds of another country.

Lindsey Graham had no suggestions about how to pay for the new war. He had no idea of where to get the soldiers and equipment to fight the new war. Yet, Graham said he wants Obama to start planning for a new US war in Syria.

American intelligence has been proven highly unreliable. The rush to invade Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction that did not exist is a notable case in point. We ought not trust the Pentagon to lead America into war in the ever more obscure, blizzard-prone realm of the Internet.

Carl Levin has made news with a demand that the war in Afghanistan be altered. The demand: A reduction of American soldiers in Afghanistan by just 15 percent.

James angevin has sought to evade an open debate by seeking to associate criticism of the President’s unconstitutional rush to war with endangerment of American soldiers. He ought to remember that the most grave risks to American soldiers comes not through open debate in Congress, but through ill-advised, poorly planned entries into unnecessary warsL

NATO has proposed that the American-led fighting continue for at least three months, and is now proposing the introduction of soldiers on the ground in Libya. So, after the vote on H. Con. Res. 51 yesterday, Kucinich made the following pledge…

The Tea Party movement and the national organizations claiming to represent it have repeatedly asserted the importance of limited government. A number of politicians were elected to Congress in 2010 by surfing atop the wave of Tea Party cries to protect the Constitution. Today, the commitment of those politicians to limited constitutional government was put [...]

“I can’t believe what a stupid amendment this is.” So spoke Rep. Sam Farr during debate regarding H.Amdt. 343, an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act introduced by Rep. Chip Cravaack which would not only defund the US Institute of Peace but abolish it altogether. The amendment simply reads: “SEC. 12xx. REPEAL OF UNITED [...]

Section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 gives the President of the United States perpetual authority to use military force anywhere in the world that the President believes holds terrorists. Section 1034 abrogates Congress’ constitutional authority and duty under Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution to declare war. In [...]

Dennis Kucinich notes that, after two months, Barack Obama still has not obtained legally-required authorization for American involvement in the civil war in Libya.