Thursday, November 21, 2024

How Congress Can Prevent WWIII

While the process of passing rescission legislation to block ATACMS from being used by Ukraine to attack Russia may take longer than the presidential transition period that ends with President Trump's Inauguration on January 20, 2025, the very fact of originating the legislation in Congress will send clear messages to Presidents Biden, Putin, and Trump.

Congress need not stand by idly, watching without recourse, as a lame-duck president (whose mental competence must be considered questionable) authorizes Ukraine to fire USA-manufactured missiles into Russia a policy that has as its only rational purpose to induce Russia to use a tactical nuclear bomb in retaliation.

In the final analysis, a president willing to risk starting WWIII to make sure Trump's second term would fail will be trumped by a Congress willing to deescalate the war in Ukraine at the risk that as president once again, Trump might end a war that never would have been fought had the Democrats not stolen the 2020 presidential election.

Under the authority of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Congress can pass rescission legislation that, according to the Congressional Institute, is considered under expedited procedures, making it easier for a simple majority of each Chamber of Congress to revisit spending decisions. There is also an exception in U.S. law allowing Congress to pass a rescission bill without the president's signature.

President Joe Biden made a unilateral decision to approve Ukraine's use of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS)long-range USA-manufactured missiles on targets inside Russia without introducing a resolution into Congress declaring war on Russia.

With rescission legislation introduced into Congress, President Zelensky will quickly realize that continued use of ATACMS missiles would effectively terminate Ukraine's ability to get continued congressional funding to support the war.

Under the terms of Russia's newly redefined nuclear weapons policy, Russia is now at war with the United States, with no indication that President Biden has any intention of sending to Congress a resolution declaring that the United States is at war with Russia. 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/how_congress_can_prevent_wwiii.html

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