Comments on: War Is Over?

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 18:38:39 +0000

The bill cleared its first hurdle in the Senate with a veto-proof 68-27 vote, which shows an amazing level of bipartisan support for the effort.

Not that anyone is implying that Biden would veto such a bill, right?

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 18:36:18 +0000

Of course, there are other reasons for America's steady decline - at home and in the world - and really would be fodder for an entire series of articles here. They might range from an in-depth look at the military industrial complex to the latest culture wars.

On that score, I might be able to entice a few concerned souls to contribute their insightful comments ...

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 18:27:40 +0000

Of course, these two wars were never official -- because the United States hasn't formally declared war on any country since World War II.

And, that very legacy, especially including the Vietnam (non-official) war, has done more than anything else to widen the rift between the government and the governed in the US.

As for the rest of us out in the world, we lost confidence in the ability of the US to lead the world to a better place a long time ago.

While it came a decade and a half too late, I had hoped a Biden administration would reverse course on that steadily declining confidence in America's global leadership role but, alas, the situation has only worsened and the new world order Biden hoped to preside over is nothing more than a mirage.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:37:03 +0000

What the legislation which moved forward today would do would be to officially revoke both of these A.U.M.F.s.

What it won't do is prevent another stupid US-led war from happening, again. Unless, of course, critical lessons have been learned. Oh, wait ...