The beauty of the constitution is that 99% of it is written in plain English. “[Only] The Congress shall have the power to declare war…”. or “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” and that is the law of the land, superseding all other laws.
Yet in how many countries are we bombing targets with our drones? Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan and perhaps more. I ask you. Is bombing an act of war? Of course. Is it an act of war if is a missile is shot from a drone? Same answer. Have we declared war? We have not been asked.
On seemingly another subject, there has been a trade show that recurred for five years called the Wiretappers Ball. It is by invitation only and the FBI, the Secret Service and many other US agencies which are invited and purchase huge contracts from private wiretapping corporations. These firms also sell their wares to Syrians who are using the internet to tweet for freedom from repression. This too is in abject contravention of the constitution quoted above.
But these two items make the same point. We are accostomed to living in violation of the US Constitution. There are hundreds if not thousands of other examples, but two are sufficient. One affects your personal security, the other your national security. We are paying into a lawless government.
How can we the people be secure in our houses, email and effects when our own government is funding the wiretapping industry? How can we say No to war when we are not asked, when war has not been declared, or denied in 65 years? Is war so informal? Does no one think: ‘I wonder whose bombs are those blowing up my neighbors house and family?’
This is profoundly disingenuous. How do we get out of this, when the candidates running for President do not discuss this, or when the congress does not require simply this: Follow the Constitution.
All our public servants have sworn an oath to do just that.
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