Trump's December 2018 Syria full withdraw order and the Middle East wars since George Bush Sr. are discussed with our guest Eduardo Vidal.
Mr. Vidal is a radio talk show co-host of the Concrete Conservatives on WSQF FM Key Biscayne/Miami and is the corporate lawyer for a software firm. We talk about the multitude of excuses used to conduct the war in Syria and touch on a few of the many Middle East wars the US has engaged in over the last two decades. The Constitution and legislation with which Congress unconstitutionally delegated their power to declare war to the President are covered.
Keith rants a bit about the dismal failures of the many U.S. interventions in the Middle East. The U.S. military is excellent when allowed to win a fight. But the track record of what happens next with installing new governments is dismal.
A potential solution is a change proposed by the states in an Article V convention for proposing amendments. An amendment could eliminate most future U.S. military actions in the Middle East by:
- reminding the government that Congress is the only branch with the expressly delegated power to declare war, and
- explicitly denying the President the power to send armed forces into battle without a Congressional declaration of war.
The U.S. military should not be world's police force, spending trillions of dollars protecting other countries. It should not overthrow other governments because D.C. politicians prefer some different form of government. Not our job, not what the Founders wanted, and it is ludicrously expensive.
