1943 was years deep into the horrors of fascism, with the Nazis getting hit HARD from the outside...
84 years ago, the United States declared War! It was THE VERY LAST WAR THAT CONGRESS EVER DECLARED! We were very arguably and embarrassingly too late. Let's not fall into that old, bad habit, again...
Looking back - WAY back - Donald Trump has decades-long ties to Russian influence, and to other dictatorial and oligarchical influences. START HERE! Elect officials into place who are very willing to DECLARE WAR ON PUTIN'S RUSSIAN REGIME!
Declarations of Congress are a means to identify and define - as in, as a CALL to action - and are NOT AUTHORIZATIONS FOR ACTION in and of themselves. Keep reading!
Authorizations for Use of Military Force [AUMF] became official practice going forward in 2001 as a result of 9/11. BUT THIS WAS NOT THE PRECEDENT! The precedent predates the US Civil War, and has its roots in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of government! Again, keep reading!
From history #1: The biggest rub on President Abe Lincoln - and it was a VERY big, glaring problem at the time - was that his Civil War Executive actions all happened WITHOUT approval & authorization from Congress! Once this was made clear via voices outside of the Executive, Honest Abe went to the Legislature to right his wrong IN 1963! Reminder: The US Civil War began in 1961 and ended in 1965...
From History #2: After the bombing of Pearl Harbor - December 6, 1941 - Congress drafted & approved a Declaration of War AND an Use of Military Force Approval all in one document. For those who know the movie A Christmas Story, this was akin to skipping a double dog dare to get to a triple dog dare: No, this isn't proper practice, but we'll just ignore that for now. Also, for those who don't know, the document kinda had the look of an elementary schoolager assignment:
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We know from history what needs to be done! At the same time, social media and YouTube generally dumb us down to the raw violence that can happen AND IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE US, AND WITH IRAN, WITH PALESTINE, WITH VENEZUELA AND WITH UKRAINE! Fascism requires full compliance and uses desensitization as a means to that end. It is YOUR RIGHT to be sensitive. To care about others. To want to eat the rich. To be sad. To be afraid. To have hope. To be angry. To be VERY angry! To want those in charge to be gone! TO WANT THOSE IN CHARGE TO BE DEAD!
DON'T GET DOWN ON YOURSELVES FOR WHAT YOU ARE FEELING & THINKING!
Don't hate the believers -> HATE THEIR BELIEFS <-
