Bring the Guard Home Project

From Peace Action-Wisconsin

Tell Your Wisconsin Legislators: Bring the Guard Home!

Tell your state legislators to support Assembly Bill 203. This is a bill that would require the Governor to review any Federal order for the deployment of our National Guard overseas to ensure that the order was lawful - and to take action to resist any Federal order that is deemed unlawful. Nearly eight years ago, Congress passed an Authorization for Use of Military Force in Iraq (AUMF) based on a limited, two-part mission for our military in Iraq: 1) to eliminate the alleged threat posed by Iraqi WMDs; and 2) to remove Saddam Hussein from power. However, the WMD's did not exist and Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. The mission authorized by Congress is over, and Congress has never voted to reauthorize the mission to Iraq on any other basis. Therefore, the 2002 AUMF -- which is the only legal basis by which the President can demand National Guard troops for Iraq -- has expired. Any continued deployment of Guard units to Iraq is now unlawful.  We can fight this at the state level if this is passed. 

To get this bill passed, the legislators need to hear from their constituents.  Please take some time to call or write your legislator and ask them to support Assembly Bill 203.  You can make a difference!