When Americans Were Terrorists

I remember when we were the terrorists in 1776.  Four times since the 1960s an American President has exceeded the limits of Presidential authority by using the American Armed Forces (DOD) to pursue the political objectives of the Department of State (control over a foreign country).  President Lyndon Johnson started the War in Vietnam when the Congress approved the Tonkin Gulf Resolution (8/7/1964).  President George W. Bush started the War in Afghanistan (10/7/2001), and President Donald Trump started the War in Venezuala (1/3/2026) and the War with Iran (2/28/2026), all claiming these wars to be active combat against "terrorists."  We Americans were the terrorists in 1776 when we pursued creation of the United States by active opposition to the colonialism of the British Empire.  These three Presidents have betrayed the limits on their Constitutional power and the American identity as a nation committed to the "self-determination of peoples."  We were not under attack.  The purpose of these wars was for the U.S.A. to control the government of another nation, commonly known as "colonialism" or "imperialism."  The validity of such a policy is debatable, but what is not debatable is that a decision for the U.S.A. to be a colonial power or an empire should be made only by the Congress, the people, not the President.  No one should wonder why some people mistrust the U.S.A.  Their opposition to American power is because the military power of the U.S.A. is used to maintain an American Empire by military force.  This happens because members of Congress are cowards.  Our Congress makes war a President's foreign policy, but we are accountable for the results.  

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