Violation of Venezuelan Sovereignty

[fabrisse]

There are no words for how angry I am. I have already contacted my representative and both Senators offices. I also called the office of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to request that she lead the charge on the Bill of Impeachment.

To my Senators I wrote:

The President of the United States and his Secretary of Defense have committed the ultimate crime: Aggression against another country. This violates the U.N. Charter. It also violates U.S. Law as only Congress has the power to declare war -- FDR brought the request to congress after Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor, for instance -- and only Congress can commit the funds necessary.

This is an impeachable offense. It is a violation of our Constitution, a betrayal of the Declaration of Independence, and a bone deep offense to United States values. I hope that a motion to impeach the President will be brought forward in the House within the first week of the New Year. We cannot let our allies, both in NATO and other regions, believe that we support this unilateral violation of international law.
Should the Articles of Impeachment pass, I hope that you will help expedite the trial in the Senate for both the President and the Secretary of Defense. This is such a serious violation of all Articles of War, that justice must be served swiftly and decisively.

Thank you for your service to the country in the Senate.

To my representative, who has a tendency to follow the President over all cliffs, it was mostly the same:

The President of the United States and his Secretary of Defense have committed the ultimate crime: Aggression against another country. This violates the U.N. Charter. It also violates U.S. Law as only Congress has the power to declare war -- FDR brought the request to congress after Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor, for instance -- and only Congress can commit the funds necessary.

This is an impeachable offense. It is a violation of our Constitution, a betrayal of the Declaration of Independence, and a bone deep offense to United States values. I hope that a motion to impeach the President will be brought forward in the House within the first week of the New Year. We cannot let our allies, both in NATO and other regions, believe that we support this unilateral violation of international law.

I expect you to vote in favor of the Bills of Impeachment for both the President and the Secretary of Defense.

Lack of support would show that you lack both honor and the Christian virtues you espouse.

I think we'll need a Venezuela tag.

Comments

[lightbird]

I called my representative about impeaching Trump and Hegseth and pushing Rubio to resign.

5calls.org is a good resource for finding your rep(s) and contact info, and they have scripts available for all issues constituents want to call about. They've already posted a script on Venezuela.

[fabrisse]

Good to know. All resources welcomed.

[minoanmiss]

Thank you for posting your excellent letters.

[toastykitten]

I didn’t see this post earlier but I signed a letter from Rising Majority https://actionnetwork.org/letters/condemn-the-illegal-occupation-of-venezuela?source=direct_link&

[semielliptical]

Thanks for sharing these! I adapted them and contacted my senators and representative.

[gwydion]

Thank you.

[mekare]

These are some excellently worded letters and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you over there.

[fabrisse]

Thank you. Honestly, looking at you icon, Missy might not be as bad as the current administration.