Congress, especially those members who claim to oppose endless wars, must continue pursuing every available avenue to reassert its authority and prevent further escalation; the stakes are far too high for elected officials to remain silent.
The American people do not want this war. It is time for our government to serve them, not the agenda of a foreign leader desperate to cling to power and evade accountability.
Hussam Ayloush is CEO of the Council on American-Islamic Relations California, a chapter of CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. This article was first published in Al Jazeera and reprinted with permission.
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