authorization for use of military force

Senate to Repeal 2002 Military Force Authorization

R.J. Matson Mar 22, 2023 Dig deeper

The Sudden Martyrdom of the Government Whistleblower

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Oct 14, 2019 While such champions of truth as Chelsea Manning pay the price, Democrats lionize a CIA leaker who justifies their impeachment crusade. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Uncle Sam, the Human Rights Hypocrite

Paul Street / Truthdig May 2, 2018 The U.S. sees itself as a humanitarian City on a Hill, fit to judge other nations while giving itself an "exceptionalist" free pass on violations. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Democrats, Too, Love Trump’s Wars

Adam H. Johnson / Truthdig Apr 16, 2018 Limp procedural arguments calling for Congress to rubber-stamp a war is not opposing war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Illegal Wars: The New American Way

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Mar 21, 2018 With dubious legal sanction in domestic or international law, the U.S. military is engaged in active combat in at least seven countries. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

More Warfare, Bombing, Deaths in Trump’s First Year

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 26, 2018 The American public’s lack of attention to the president’s violent and dangerous foreign policy helps explain our ongoing wars. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Congress Must End Wars on Autopilot

Samantha Shorris / Truthdig Aug 9, 2017 Repealing the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force bill is gaining bipartisan support — and is the right thing to do. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Long War of Foreverness

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Feb 19, 2015 While most people are focused on Islamic State and their theatrically brutal atrocities, President Obama just sent his Authorization for the Use of Military Force to Congress. Dig deeper

Who Are We at War With? That’s Classified

By Cora Currier, ProPublica Jul 30, 2013 In a major national security speech this spring, President Obama said again and again that the U.S. is at war with “Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their associated forces.” So who exactly are those associated forces? It’s a secret. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Another Memorial Day in This Endless War

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 23, 2013 Nearly 12 years after it was first enacted, the Authorization for Use of Military Force remains in force, giving the Obama administration and the Pentagon carte blanche to wage war, to occupy nations, to kill people with drone "signature strikes," based not on guilt but on a remote analysis of a suspect's "patterns of life." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )