"Congress alone is constitutionally invested with the power of changing our condition from peace to war," as Jefferson wrote.  Yet since Truman's Korean "police action" (1950-1953), presidents of both major parties have seized dictatorial control over Congress's power and plunged the nation into a series of wars in which millions have died.  This is absolute tyranny, what the framers of the Constitution sought to avoid.
     Clinton alone has attacked, warred on, or intervened in Iraq, Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Afghanistan, Sudan, Yugoslavia, Colombia, and other countries, killing thousands of children, women, and men.  Each time, he has acted without the authorization of Congress.  He has also repeatedly violated treaties banning aggressive war, the threat of war, intervention, and attacks on civilians.
     What's next?  Will the president use the nuclear bombs at his fingertips?  What can we do?  Here are a few things:

• Urge U.S. senators and representatives to assert their constitutional war power.  They can refuse to finance presidential wars, bring home GIs illegally sent abroad, and impeach the president for illegal war-making.
• Tell the news media, talk shows, internet, etc. that we have had enough of those illegal wars and enough one-man rule over life and death, and that the issue should be debated in the 2000 election.
• Challenge national candidates: "Will you observe the constitutional power of Congress to decide war or peace?"  If they stand for presidential war or evade the issue, reject them.
• Join with us in the War and Law League (WALL) in our efforts to uphold the rule of law in international affairs.  It is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, national movement, founded in 1998.  (You incur no costs or obligations.  Donations are voluntary.)