After Ten Months, Will Congress Finally Be Forced to Debate the War on ISIS?
A small group of bipartisan congressional lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation calling for the withdrawal of the U.S. military from Iraq and Syria, in a surprise move that could, for the first time, force a real debate on the 10-month-old war on ISIS.
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For analysts and organizers who hold there is no U.S. military solution to ISIS, the announcement came as a welcome change from the congressional silence on the military campaign, despite the war’s ever-broadening scope.
Phyllis Bennis, senior fellow at Institute for Policy Studies, told Common Dreams that, even though the legislation is unlikely to pass, “having these kinds of resolutions on the table is crucial to make it clear that there is no ‘speaking with one voice’ to support the president and support these wars. The U.S. is not united behind these wars, and other members of Congress ignore this at their peril.”
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