Americans for Freedom

When did our Constitution get so muddled?

After 9/11 it has been extremely hard for Americans to speak out against our aggressive actions against the terrorists in the wars in Iraq, and Afghanistan, and the reprisals yet to come against Iran, and North Korea. Yes we lost many wonderful citizens during the unspeakable actions Al Qaeda inflicted upon America on 9-11-2001. We lost nearly the same amount of brave people who died 12-7-1941, when Japan surprised us that Sunday morning by attacking our Pacific fleet. Is it hard to believe that the attack on NY/DC that fateful day were any less than the attack on Pearl Harbor on 12-7-1941? We declared war on Japan and entered WWII the next day when President Roosevelt gave the most famous speech to a joint session of congress ever. "December 7, 1941 is a day of infamy..."

The two attacks were different. Japan attacked our territory of Hawaii, and tried to wipe out our Pacific Fleet. The attacks of 911 were attacks on our mainland for the first time ever, and we have not declared war in the traditional manner as a form of reprisal. Al Kida used terrorist activity to board commercial aircraft and attack the Pentagon, and World Trade Centers. Most believe the Capitol and/or the White House would have been attacked if not for the courageous actions of heroes who crashed one of the hijacked planes in the fields of PA. We did start a war in the middle east, but this was under the guise of wiping out terrorists, not taking out a country. Our nation has never declared war for the attacks on 911. Our President did, when he declared war on the Axis of Evil, and by doing so alienated most of our allies except Great Britain, Israel, and Spain. This explains how Iran is becoming a nuclear nation and further muddles the middle east peace strategy, if one really exists at all.

Our nation did many horrible things to avenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor, the containment camps in California for Japanese-Americans during WWII, and dropping the H-bomb on Japanese citizens two times. I know President Truman had to make that awful decision in 1945 to shorten the war and save millions of American solders lives by dropping the H Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  President Truman was under extreme pressure from high Commander Eisenhower and the Military Industrial Complex, who wanted to end the war asap to save American lives, and desire to inflict pain and suffering in remembrance for Pearl Harbor.

Since 9/11 many horrible things to avenge the attacks in the United States of America have been carried out.

Congress agrees to fund the wars in the middle east but never sever ties like the way a war is usually declared. In Afghanistan we went in 2003 to rid the nation of Al Kida, and just miss killing Bin Laden, and almost get rid of the Taliban during the process. Then off to a war in Iraq and after 7 years with mixed results, we are back in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban all over again. We still feel the same threat we did in the past: Taliban, stone age mentality, drug lords, and a safe haven for terrorists. It took 10 years for the old USSR to realize that you can't force a mountain to listen, no matter how many bombs you drop on it. History has a way of repeating itself if you don't pay attention.

When the USA is fighting with troops in foreign lands, we must declare war! Congress is to make this happen by voting for it. The President as Commander in Chief becomes in charge of the war, with Congressional oversight as they fund the war with our tax dollars. This is what our Forefathers intended when the wrote and instituted our Constitution.   That has not been happening since Vietnam, as the President wages war while Congress funds it, and sits back and runs for reelection. The checks and balances in our 3 Branch government system are to ensure politicians carry out the duties of the Constitution of the United States of America. The elected politicians have been doing what they need to get our votes, and simply return to taking care of their lobbyists,and big business as they see fit, not their constituents, which is how it should be. This practice is backwards, and it must end. To do so is mandatory for every citizen of the United States of America!