{"id":17221,"date":"2022-03-16T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=17221"},"modified":"2022-03-16T21:09:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T01:09:45","slug":"will-congress-stampede-america-into-another-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/16\/will-congress-stampede-america-into-another-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Congress Stampede America Into Another War?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As members of Congress engage in a virtue-signaling stampede towards further U.S. military intervention in the Ukraine-Russia war, here&#8217;s my caustic comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Politicians are most dangerous when they are parading as saviors of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504167743049940998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congress is untrustworthy on the Russia-Ukraine war.  Remember that most members of Congress backed Iraq War but never bothered to read confidential CIA analysis that raised doubts on Iraqi WMDs<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504108666722603020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Members of Congress are notorious for passing thousand-page bills without reading them. Same know-nothing standard permeates the push for further U.S. military intervention in Ukraine-Russia war.  Open the files on prior U.S. actions in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504155369555349507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The form of government is less important than the sheer total power of the ruling class. Fighting wars to spread democracy creates an Elective Dictatorship at home.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1503766151419023362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Constitution did contain a secret clause permitting politicians to drag the United States into a foreign war to temporarily boost the approval ratings of members of Congress<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504093920732622853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For most members of Congress, &quot;due diligence&quot; before taking the U.S. into another war consists solely of checking public opinion polls.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504109841673076736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We can condemn Putin &amp; Russian atrocities without pretending that the U.S. government has a magic wand &#8211; or a magic Air Force -that can bring peace &amp; justice to any spot on the globe.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504093686744891402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Zelensky tells Congress: &quot;Peace is more important than income.&quot; But U.S. aid helped turn Ukraine into one of the most corrupt nations in the world. Prior U.S. intervention did not help Ukrainian people <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C6Uc3FHeqK\">https:\/\/t.co\/C6Uc3FHeqK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504088732487536640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no reason to expect Congress to show &quot;due diligence&quot; before pushing for further U.S. military intervention in Ukraine.  No one on Capitol Hill is pushing to open U.S. govt. files on Ukraine before plunging in deeper.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504097165622325258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zelensky invokes Martin Luther King: \u201cI have a dream.&quot; But Ukrainian govt. has long been a nightmare for the Ukrainian people, with corruption &amp; oppression etc. causing loss of @ 20% of population since 1991.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504101694354952194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The World War Three Caucus is alive and well on Capitol Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/illGapfrMI\">https:\/\/t.co\/illGapfrMI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1503172865125982208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Pretending we know better&quot;? McFaul was part of a U.S. govt. that kept almost all records of U.S. interventions in Ukraine etc. secret from the American people. Open the files so we can learn of previous U.S. blunders (or worse) in Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xSYa1TBShQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/xSYa1TBShQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1504096311691329536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forgotten history on Ukraine vs. Russia: in 1990s, U.S. govt. subverted both nations&#39; exports with protectionist BS. My 1994 Journal of Commerce piece on Clinton&#39;s crackdown on  Ukrainian wool coats <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2k0zAwbYJs\">pic.twitter.com\/2k0zAwbYJs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1502753197026422785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Featured photo is via Wikipedia and the Govt. of Ukraine &#8211; <b>mvs.gov.ua<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As members of Congress engage in a virtue-signaling stampede towards further U.S. military intervention in the Ukraine-Russia war, here&#8217;s my caustic comments: Politicians are most dangerous when they are parading as saviors of humanity. &mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) March 16, 2022 Congress is untrustworthy on the Russia-Ukraine war. 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