,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #dj  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,june   
#bj1 #bjac ,mr4 ,jones submitted the    
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,concurrent       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress that the ,president is        
prohibited under the ,constitution from 
initiating war against ,syria without   
express congressional authorization and 
the appropriation of funds for the      
express purpose of waging such a war4   
,whereas the ,constitution's makers     
entrusted decisions to initiate         
offensive warfare not in self-defense   
exclusively to ,congress in article ,i1 
section #h1 clause #aa2 ,whereas the    

,constitution's makers knew that the    
,executive ,branch would be prone to    
manufacture danger and to deceive       
,congress and the ,united ,states people
 to justify gratuitous wars to          
aggrandize executive power2 ,whereas    
chronic wars are irreconcilable with    
liberty1 a separation of powers1 and the
 rule of law2 ,whereas the entry of the 
,united ,states ,armed ,forces into the 
ongoing war in ,syria to overthrow      
,president ,bashar al-,assad would make 
the ,united ,states less safe by        
awakening new enemies2 ,whereas the fate
 of ,syria is irrelevant to the security
 and welfare of the ,united ,states and 
its citizens and is not worth risking   
the life of a single member of the      
,united ,states ,armed ,forces2 ,whereas
 humanitarian wars are a contradiction  
in terms and characteristically lead to 
semi-anarchy and chaos1 as in ,somalia  
and ,libya2 ,whereas if victorious1 the 
hydra-headed ,syrian insurgency would   
suppress the ,christian population or   

other minorities as has been similarly  
witnessed in ,iraq with its             
,shiite-dominated government2 and       
,whereas ,united ,states military aid to
 the ,syrian insurgents risks blowback  
indistinguishable from the military     
assistance provided to the splintered   
,afghan mujahideen in ,afghanistan to   
oppose the ,soviet ,union and culminated
 in the #i_/aa abominations3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of ,congress that--  7#a7 the ,president
 is prohibited under the ,constitution  
from the offensive use of the ,united   
,states ,armed ,forces in ,syria without
 prior express authorization by an ,act 
of ,congress or without a prior express 
appropriation of funds for that purpose 
by an ,act of ,congress2 and  7#b7 the  
,president's defiance of those          
constitutional limitations on his       
authority to initiate war would         
constitute an impeachable high crime and
 misdemeanor under article ,,ii1 section
 #d of the ,constitution4