What are we doing toward ending US Policy of Endless War?

Well, here on Mauritius I just signed an online petition by
MSF calling for an independent investigation of the US murder of staff and patients during the bombing the hospital in Afghanistan. https://www.change.org/p/tell-president-obama-to-consent-to-independent-...

Lame, you say? Some are doing peace vigils, which I really respect, others are promoting legislation to rein in Presidential overstep and claw back to Congress war powers and possibility of change.

Disaster Capitalism and Afghanistan ?

With Obama quickly following up this disaster by not keeping US agreement to leave Afghanistan as has been saying he was [oh the number of partisans who over the years pushed back on comments I made doubting it] have been having these thoughts that this feels like one of those Disaster Capitalism strategies, first the bombing of the hospital, then without Congressional approval continuing the war.

United for Peace and Justice:

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/2015/10/17/president-obamas-prolonging-afg...

United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) calls on the United States government to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan and to bring to an end to the 15-year old debacle.

U.S. military intervention is a proven failure. The drones, bombs, soldiers, night raids, and support for one of the most corrupt regimes in the world has not made life better or brought security to the Afghan people. It has led to 2.5 million refugees, 700,000 internally displaced persons – per the UNHCR – and many thousands of deaths.

President Obama’s announcement on October 15 that the United States will retain troops in Afghanistan beyond his term in office comes on the heels of a shocking U.S. war crime. On October 3, 2015, U.S. forces bombed a Doctors Without Borders/Médecines Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 22 people including doctors, nurses and children.

United for Peace and Justice reiterates its call for an American military withdrawal from Afghanistan and for the Obama Administration U.S. to pursue an inclusive, focused diplomatic solution to the crisis in that nation, which has been in a state of war since the late 1970s.

What about Congress, it has to end the AUM. With election coming up would Republicans join in to end it, and use this as a wedge issue on Democrats ?

Barbara Lee and H.R. 1303

 Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan
https://www.thenation.com/article/barbara-lee-is-still-right-to-object-t...


“Similarly,” added Lee, “this war’s price tag, totaling more than $715 billion, continues to undermine our national security and prevents investments in important domestic priorities. In fact, every hour this war costs taxpayers $4 million.”

Congresswoman Lee has worked with colleagues in both parties who are serious about reasserting the constitutionally mandated duty of Congress to provide clear authorization and steady oversight for wars. The vehicle for this in recent years has been H.R. 1303, a legislative initiative that argues that the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force “has been used to justify an open-ended authorization for the use of military force and such an interpretation is inconsistent with the authority of Congress to declare war and make all laws for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the U.S. government.”

- See more at: http://www.caucus99percent.com/comment/reply/1289#sthash.rov7WCci.dpuf

While not all, but many, progressives bemoan the lack of a huge 60's style street protest movement from the comfortable seat behind our keyboards and seem resigned that nothing can be done, looks like to me we could at least do something, like use social media to help stir up support for Lee's resolution and, as joe pointed out, help Bernie Sanders become a leader on this ???

Namaste