That makes the presence of U.S. troops to Syria illegal under our form of government. Soldiers are required to disobey illegal orders, especially orders that violate the U.S. Constitution that they all take an oath to support and defend. (Example: Lt. William Calley in the Vietnam War.) Yet, as far as I know, not one single U.S. soldier has refused to obey the illegal orders to invade and occupy Syria, to fight ISIS, and to bring Baghdadi and other ISIS members to "justice."
It's also worth mentioning that terrorism, including international terrorism, is a criminal offense, not an act of war. It is listed in the U.S. Code. That's why the feds bring terrorism prosecutions in U.S. District Court. The fact that the U.S. military is (illegally) charged with the task of bringing international terrorists to justice doesn't convert the "war on terrorism" into a real war, just as the use of Mexican troops to enforce the drug war doesn't convert the "war on drugs" into a real war. It simply means that the military is being used in a police capacity.
At no time has Baghdadi been accused of committing terrorist acts in the United States. Thus, by initiating violent raids to kill or capture ISIS members in place thousands of miles away from American shores, the U.S. government is operating in its now-customary role as the world's international policeman, judge, and executioner.
All this death, destruction, mayhem, and illegality from interventionism operates as a detriment to the American people, including the destruction of our freedom and privacy here at home, not to mention the fact that it makes Americans traveling overseas more unsafe. In the wake of the deaths of those three children, what better time than now to restore America's founding system of non-interventionism?
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