Oh Boy It Never Ends: My YOUTUBE TV cloud

I dropped HULU which I used for live TV. It was a smart move. I dropped it about five or six months ago (I think it was that long ago -- seems like it was around August or September). I replaced it with YOUTUBE TV. I really enjoy it so much better.

Wylie e-mailed asking if YOUTUBE TV really has unlimited Cloud? Yes. It doesn't stay there forever. Some of the movies and TV shows come with an expiration date of a year, for example. But in my Cloud movie wise, I have a ton of movies. Here's a list of some (I'll list as many as I can before I get tired).

1) THE FRONT

2) SPARKLE (1976)

3) PSYCHO

4) THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993)

5) NOW, VOYAGER

6) THE STAR

7) THE LADY EVE

8) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

9) SOMETHING WILD

10) LOVE AND DEATH

11) THE WOMAN IN RED

12) SWEET DREAMS

13) JUMPING JACK FLASH

14) DEATH BECOMES HER

15) SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS

16) SHADOWS AND FOG

17) LITTLE CHILDREN

18) LOVEFIELD

19) X-MEN FIRST-CLASS

20) AND-MAN AND THE WASP

21) JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN

22) PILLOW TALK

23) PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW

24) PROTOCOL

25) LOGAN

26) SWING SHIFT

27) DOWN TO EARTH (Rita Hayworth version, not sure of the year)

28) CACTUS FLOWER

29) BEST FRIENDS

30) THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP

31) BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE

32) SHAMPOO

33) FIRST WIVES CLUB

34) FOUL PLAY

35) SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES

36) THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

37) HOUSESITTER

38) CRISSCROSS

39) DOLLARS

40) THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968)

41) SYLVIA SCARLETT

42) TOPPER

43) BRINGING UP BABY

44) HIS GIRL FRIDAY

45) ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

46) THE TALK OF THE TOWN

47) BUGSY

48) TO CATCH A THIEF

49) ROOM FOR ONE MORE

50) MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)

51) THE FORTUNE

52) MCCABE & MRS. MILLER

53) MORE THAN A MIRACLE

54) RAMONA (1928)

55) FLYING DOWN TO RIO

56) RECKLESS (1935)

57) LIBELED LADY

58) REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

59) SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL

60) PENELOPE

61) GYPSY

62) LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER

63) THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED

64) INSIDE DAISY CLOVER

65) THE GREAT RACE

66) SIDE EFFECTS

67) THE BIG YEAR

68) THE FAMILY STONE

69) BEDAZZLED (2000)

70) MATCHPOINT

71) MOTHERLESS BROOLYN

72) THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

73) SOME LIKE IT HOT

74) JOJO RABBIT

75) GOOD BOYS

76) RAISING ARIZONZ

77) IN HER SHOES

78) CONTAGION

79) BRIDESMAIDS

80) THE SKULLS

81) DIE HARD

82) UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1948)

83) THE JUDGE (2014)

84) THE ITALIAN JOB (2003)

85) ALL FALL DOWN

86) ENEMY OF THE STATE

87) DECEPTION (1946)

88) TOUCH OF EVIL

89) CRAZY STUPID LOVE

90) IN SECRET

91) SPIRITS OF THE DEAD

92) LYING AND STEALING

93) THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE

94) LOVE THE COOPERS

95) PURPLE NOON

96) RED SUN

97) ONCE A THIEF (1965)

98) HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL

99) THE GODSON

100) ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS

101) L'ECLISSE

102) THE LADY VANISHES (1938)

103) IN LIKE FLINT

104) THE 39 STEPS (1935)

105) LOST COMMAND

106) STAGE FRIGHT

107) SUSPICION

108) FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

109) HEARTBREAKERS

110) SWEET CHARITY

111) TEAM AMERICA

112) THE WRONG MAN

113) ALL THAT JAZZ

114) STAR 80

115) CABARET

116) AMERICAN PIE

117) THE PRIZE (1963)

118) SOMEWHERE

119) PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

120) HUNTER KILLER

121) MOULIN ROUGE (2001)

122) WANDA (1970)

123) BANANAS

124) A WOMAN IN JEOPARDY

125) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN HOLLYWOOD

126) DOUBLE INDEMNITY

127) NOBODY LIVES FOREVER (1946)

128) NINOTCHKA

129) AFTER HOURS

130) CAT BALLOU

131) POSSESSED (1931)

132) THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)

133) TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT

134) THE INVISIBE MAN (2020)

135) HUMORESQUE

136) UNKNOWN

137) VIGIL IN THE NIGHT

138) MR. & MRS. SMITH (1941)

139) NOTHING SACRED (1937)

140) LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST

141) SWING HIGH SWING LOW

142) TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

143) DINNER AT EIGHT

144) RED HEADED WOMAN

145) RED DUST

146) HOLD YOUR MAN

147) SARATOGA

148) PERSONAL PROPERTY

149) DARK PASSAGE

150) BOMBSHELL (1933)

151) THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1948)

152) HANNAH AND HER SISTERS

153) I MARRIED A WITCH

154) DOGFIGHT (1991)

155) LOVE ON THE RUN

156) STOP-LOSS

157) DEATH OF A SCOUNDREL

158) ASSIGNMENT TO KILL

159) THE DROWNING POOL

160) HARPER

161) THE FIGHTER (2010)

162) PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES

163) DIABOLIQUE (1955)

164) FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

165) MAD HOUSE

166) NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT

167) KILL OR CURE

168) DRACULA A.D. 1972

169) THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA

170) SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN

171) PARTY GIRL (1995)

172) JUMBO

173) GENIUS (2016)

174) BATTLESHIP (2012)

175) HAPPY GILMORE

176) THE BOBO

177) I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS

178) SWEET NOVEMBER (1968)

179) SUNDAY IN NEW YORK

180) THE PETRIFIED FOREST

181) DEAD RECKONING

182) TOO LATE FOR TEARS

183) THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS

184) PITFALL

185) ONE SPY TOO MANY

186) VERTIGO

187) CAT O'NINE TAILS

188) THE VENETIAN AFFAIR

189) HOW TO STEAL THE WORLD

190) TWENTIETH CENTURY

191) CAT PEOPLE (1942)

192) THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE

193) ESPIONAGE AGENT

194) NEAR DARK

195) GOLDFINGER

196) THE PALEFACE

197) TAMMY (2014)

198) DEAD RINGER (1964)

199) ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO

200) SHE'S THE ONE

201) BERSERK

202) THE HONEYMOON MACHINE

203) ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS

204) THE IPCRESS FILE

205) FEAR

206) BALL OF FIRE

207) DOLITTLE (2020)

208) IT HAPPENED IN FLATBUSH

209) THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER

210) THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

211) GAMBIT (1966)

212) PINKY

213) CARMEN JONES

214) DOLL FACE

215) THE CHAPMAN REPORT

216) ENTER LAUGHING

217) A WOMAN REBELS (1936)

218) THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1934)

219) TORCH SONG (1953)

220) THE DAMNED DON'T CRY

221) TODAY WE LIVE

222) WILD IN THE STREETS

223) ROLE MODLES

224) MARNIE

225) YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

226) THUNDERBALL

227) ROCK OF AGES

228) BLUME IN LOVE

229) TOPAZ

230) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

231) THE THIN MAN

232) THE MALTESE FALCON

233) NO WAY OUT (1950)

234) BABY FACE

235) PAT AND MIKE

236) LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY

237) LADY SINGS THE BLUES

238) TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY

240) HOLIDAY AFFAIR

241) THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

242) MEET JOHN DOE

243) POSTMAN'S KNOCK

244) DIE ANOTHER DAY

245) SWORDFISH

246) JEZEBEL

247) JOHN WICK III

248) PARACHUTE JUMPER

249) NIGHT NURSE

250) GOTHIKA

251) ANGEL FACE

252) DESK SET

253) THE LITTLE FOXES

254) THE LETTER

255) BAPS

256) THE SILENT PARTNER

257) THE LATE SHOW

258) LOSING ISAIAH

259) BIG BUSINESS

260) THE BISHOP'S WIFE

261) LADY ON A TRAIN

262) BULWORTH

263) THE WAY WE WERE

264) THE BAND WAGON

265) THE CLOCK

266) WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE

267) THE CALL

268) SISTERS (1973)

269) SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH

270) EVIL UNDER THE SUN

271) BORN YESTERDAY (1950)

272) THE PRODUCERS (1968)

273) THE AWFUL TRUTH

274) KIDNAP

275) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

276) A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)

277) GILDA

278) OVERBOARD (1988)

279) THEY CALL ME MR. TIBBS

280) THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX

281) DOUBLE PLATINUM

282) LOVER COME BACK

283) LET'S DO IT AGAIN

284) UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT

285) BROTHER JOHN

286) THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)

287) SHOOT TO KILL

288) LITTLE NIKITA

289) THE PELICAN BRIEF

290) THE PREACHER'S WIFE

291) DARK VICTORY (1939)

292) IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU!

293) MR. DEEDS (1936)

294) CRIMSON TIDE

295) DEATH ON THE NILE (1978)

296) ANNA KARENINA (1935)

297) WHITE HEAT

298) COURAGE UNDER FIRE

299) KANSAS CITY

300) THE PLAYER

301) HE GOT GAME

302) THE HONEY POT

303) DEATHTRAP

304) MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY

305) THE LAST OF SHEILA

306) BUCK AND THE PREACHER

307) MIDNIGHT LACE

308) MO' BETTER BLUES

309) THE BIG HEAT

310) SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS

311) INSIDE MAN

312) ALICE ADAMS

313) THE GLASS KEY

314) TOTAL RECALL (1990)

315) EVE'S BAYOU

316) GRACE OF MY HEART

317) THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND

318) MALCOLM X (1992)

319) THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT

320) WE'RE THE MILLERS

321) CLAUDINE

322) DIRTY GRANDPA

323) THE LIQUIDATOR

324) 36 HOURS

325) HIS KIND OF WOMAN!

326) GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

327) PICTURE MOMMY DEAD

328) THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940)

329) THE FIVE HEARTBEATS

330) 25TH HOUR

331) MURDER BY DEATH

332) BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING

333) SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON

334) THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

335) SCHOOL DAZE

336) OLD ACQUAINTANCE

337) THE OLD MAID

338) CLUE: THE MOVIE

339) HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE

340) THE THIRD MAN

341) EASTER PARADE

342) TOO MANY GIRLS

343) MISTER BUDDWING

344) MY COUSIN VINNY

345) PASSENGER 57

346) PAL JOEY

347) A SOLDIER'S STORY

348) CAR WASH

349) MATADO

350) WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

351) THE CHAMP (1979)

352) MURDER AHOY

353) MURDER MOST FOUL

354) MURDER AT THE GALLOP

355) MURDER SHE SAID . . .

356) CORNBREAD, EARL AND ME

357) THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD

358) THE KREMLIN LETTER

359) WEST SIDE STORY

360) SEND ME NO FLOWERS

361) HIGHER LEARNING

362) POETIC JUSTICE

363) NORBIT

364) THE NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS

365) WHAT'S UP, DOC?

366) TRADING PLACES

367) THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN

368) BOOMERANG

369) THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

370) THE BLUE DAHLIA

371) THE LATE SHOW

372) SOME KIND OF HERO

373) THE ROAD TO UTOPIA

374) CALIFORNIA SUITE

375) THE SALZBURG CONNECTION

376) THE CAREY TREATMENT

377) ST. LOUIS BLUES

378) M*A*S*H

379) SKI PARTY

380) MY FAIR LADY

381) ANNA LUCASTA

382) OCEAN'S 11 (1960)

383) OUT OF THE FOG

384) HE RAN ALL THE WAY

385) EAST OF THE RIVER

386) CHARADE

387) DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

388) THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

389) PLAY IT TO THE BONE

390) LITTLE CAESER

391) THE PUBLIC ENEMY

392) LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON

393) THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

394) THE KILLER THAT STALKED NEW YORK

395) BROADWAY DANNY ROSE

396) SALT AND PEPPER

397) SOUNDER

398) ATLANTIC CITY (1980)

399) JOHNNY EAGER

400) LATIN LOVERS

401) DANCING CO-ED

402) A LIFE OF HER OWN

403) ZIEGFELD GIRL

404) SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS

405) KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY

406) MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR

407) CLASH BY NIGHT

408) BUSTIN' LOOSE

409) WE WERE STRANGERS

410) SOAPDISH

411) A MAN CALLED ADAM

412) MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS

413) DEMOLITION MAN

414) OCEAN'S 8

415) HIDDEN FIGURES

416) BLOOD AND SAND

417) BLACKKKLANSMAN

418) BOOK CLUB

419) BREAKING IN

420) MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)

421) SPY

422) WIDOWS

423) SUPERFLY (2018)

424) WALKING AND TALKING

425) FLIGHT PLAN

426) LITTLE MAN TATE

427) THE HIGH NOTE

428) BIRDS OF PREY

429) RICHARD JEWELL

430) QUEEN & SLIM

431) THE WIZ (1978)

432) THE WAY BACK

433) FORD V FERRARI

434) BLOW OUT

435) JAWS

436) READY OR NOT

437) FAHRENHEIT 451 (2018)

438) THE CHINA SYNDROME

439) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)

440) THE MULE

441) ISN'T IT ROMANTIC

442) ALL OF ME

443) GHOST

444) MR. & MRS. SMITH (2005)

445) SALT

446) BOYS ON THE SIDE

447) SHAFT (2019)

448) WAITING TO EXHALE

449) JIMINY GLICK IN LALAWOOD

450) BELLY

451) THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT

452) JOHN Q.

453) UNCLE BUCK

454) JACKIE BROWN

455) HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE

456) MOONSTRUCK

457) SUPER FLY (1972)

458) BRIGADOON

459) DINER

In addition to those movies, I also put many TV shows in my Cloud including CALL ME KAT, PRODIGAL SON, CALL YOUR MOTHER, SUPERMAN AND LOIS, THE FLASH, CHARMED, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL RISE, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, THE GOLDBERGS, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA and B-POSITIVE. So I believe it's unlimited. It's promoted as unlimited.

By the way, check out Ava and C.I.'s "TV: Clark Kent reported the truth but then he was fictional" where they cover SUPERMAN AND LOIS (and a lot more). Also check out Mike's "Jimmy Dore and WANDAVISION" -- he's 100% correct about WANDAVISION.

Going out with C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"

Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq while, in the US, Joe Biden's bombing of Syria continues to be an issue.

History was made today as Pope Francis arrived in Iraq becoming the first ever pope to visit the country. A greeting ceremony including music and dance.

NOW - Pope Francis arrives in Iraq

From Celebs Arabic

5:58 AM · Mar 5, 2021

Quite the welcome for Pope Francis in Iraq, the Pope clearly enjoying himself too #PopeInIraq

5:31 AM · Mar 5, 2021

Of the warm greeting and dancing provided to the Pope, Rasha al-Aqeedi Tweets:

Much respect to whoever organized this intro reflecting all of Iraq instead of one dominant identity. Beautiful to see and reminiscent of older, much better times.

6:05 AM · Mar 5, 2021

AFP's Ammar Karim Tweets:

I liked the big smile for both Pope and Iraq PM

6:36 AM · Mar 5, 2021

THE NATIONAL offers a Twitter thread going over the basics of the three day visit. DEUTSCHE WELLE provides an online slide show noting historic, Biblical sites in Iraq. Australia's ABC notes:

An Alitalia plane carrying him, his entourage, a security detail and about 75 journalists, touched down at Baghdad International Airport slightly ahead of schedule just before 2:00pm local time on Friday.

Iraq is deploying thousands of additional security personnel to protect the 84-year-old during his three-day visit, which comes after a spate of rocket and suicide bomb attacks raised fears for his safety.

Linda Bordoni (VATICAN NEWS) offers the following details:

Welcoming Pope Francis on the tarmac was a group of religious and political authorities representing the many different realities of Iraq's diverse make-up, as well as a group of Iraqi citizens and two children with a posy of flowers for the Holy Father.

The welcoming delegation included the Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, as well as representatives of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Baghdad, the Latin Archdiocese of Baghdad, the Syriac Archeparchy of Baghdad, and the Armenian Archeparchy of Baghdad, as well as the country’s Prime Minister, Mustafa Abdellatif Mshatat, the President of the Republic and his wife.

Ines San Martin (CRUX) reports:

On his flight Friday to Baghdad for a March 5-8 historic visit to Iraq, Pope Francis told journalists that this is an “emblematic” trip and that is also a “duty” to visit this “land martyred for so many years.”

His comments came as he greeted the 74 journalists from 13 nations flying with him from Rome to Baghdad, before proceeding to thank each reporter individually, always wearing a facemask and keeping a social distance due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

Both the pope and all those traveling with him on the Alitalia flight AZ4000 were inoculated against the coronavirus ahead of the apostolic visit, the first in 15 months.

[. . .]

The pontiff has a busy schedule ahead: on Friday he’s meeting civil authorities at the presidential and the local religious community in the Syro-Catholic cathedral where 48 Catholics were martyred during Mass in 2010.

On Saturday he’s going to Najaf, a holy city for Shite Islam, where he will meet Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Later that morning, he will lead an interreligious prayer in the ruins of the City of Ur, considered the birthplace of Abraham, father of believers. Lastly, on Saturday, he will become the first pope to celebrate Mass in the Chaldean Catholic rite.

On Sunday, last full day of his visit, he will focus his attention almost exclusively on the embattled Christian community, visiting the Nineveh Plain, including the cities of Qaraqosh and Mosul, decimated by ISIS, and celebrate Mass for 10,000 people in a stadium in Erbil, capital of the northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.

Security has been tightened for the papal visit. Francesco Bongarra (ARAB NEWS) notes, "Iraq is deploying thousands of additional security personnel to protect Pope Francis during his four-day visit, which comes after a spate of rocket and suicide bomb attacks raised fears for the Catholic leader’s safety.A senior security official who has been briefed on the security plan said that forces involved had been trained to deal with worst-case scenarios, from street battles to bombings and rocket attacks." Rasha al-Aqeedi reports on one threat made against the Pope:

Source from Baghdad: Unknown assailants leave threats on the walls of the Armenian Club in Karradah saying they will blow up the place and the Pope. Police have secured the area and viewed security cams to identify the mob.

Along with threats, there were announced cease-fires. RUDAW reports:

The Iraqi militia group that last month fired rockets at Erbil announced a ceasefire during this weekend’s historic visit from Pope Francis.

Saraya Awlia al-Dam (Guardians of Blood) said in a statement published Thursday on Telegram channels affiliated with Iraq militia groups that they welcome the pope's visit and "will stop all types of military action during the visit of the pope of the Vatican out of respect for [Grand Ayatollah Ali] al-Sistani."

Elise Ann Allen of CRUX speaks with Australia's ABC Yvonne Yong about the visit and its significance.

Pope Francis' visit comes a week after US President Joe Biden bombed Syria for . . . the belief that Iran was behind some bombings in . . . Iraq. Gary Leupp (COUNTERPUNCH) observes:

On 2/25 the U.S. under new President Biden launched missile strikes on a site in SYRIA (where the U.S. has troops illegally operating, still attempting to effect regime change) to kill IRAQIS to (as Secretary of “Defense” Lloyd Austin explains it) send a “message to IRAN” that it “can’t act with impunity.” That is: the U.S. will interpret the actions of any Shiites in the world against its own (real or imagined) interests as “Iranian” acts of impunity against itself. It will continue to stupidly conflate Iraqi Shiites, Syrian Alewites, Yemeni Zaidis and Iranian Twelvers swallowing the (Wahhabist Sunni) Saudi propaganda about a threatening “Shiite crescent” from the Mediterranean to central Afghanistan.

U.S. news anchors and talking heads will continue to carelessly substitute “Iranian militia” for “Iraqi militia” not even noticing nor caring if they err. There is no law in this country of lies, in this season of lies, that prevents someone like CNN’s Richard Engel from constructing a story about Iranian provocation and leaving out all the points made above.

What, you thought the lies were over with Trump gone? You thought Biden was going to be a straight-shooter, and would— while handling the burning issue of structural racism in this country—also end a century and a half of imperialist aggression based on lies? You thought maybe the critic of racism and police murder would become the critic of imperialism, regime change, and the sort of racist essentializing applied the Iran and Arab Shiites?

Consider this: Gen. Austin thanked the Iraqi government for its cooperation in planning the attack to send the message to Iran. Never mind that Iran has actually since the U.S. election discouraged any actions against U.S. troops in Iraq. Never mind that the Iraqi government issued a denial of any consultations with the U.S. in the attack. (Pentagon press secretary Kirby had to acknowledge under questioning 2/26 that the Iraqis did not assist the U.S. with targeting.) Never mind that a force the Iraqis want out of their country killed an anti-ISIL Iraqi warrior helping the neighboring country of Syria rid itself of the hated ISIL. This is meant as a message to IRAN—to make it clear that the U.S. can act with impunity for the near term, anywhere it wants—under Biden just as it did under Trump.

Kelly Vlahos addresses the bombing and what it means with Matt Kibbe.

US Senator Tim Kaine's office issued the following this week:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN) reintroduced their bipartisan legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq. The bill would formally end the authorizations for the Gulf and Iraq wars – 30 and 19 years, respectively, after these AUMFs were first passed, reasserting Congress’ vital role in not only declaring wars, but in ending them. The repeal of these authorizations also recognizes the strong partnership the United States now has with a sovereign, democratic Iraq. The bill is also cosponsored by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Rand Paul (R-KY).

“Last week’s airstrikes in Syria show that the Executive Branch, regardless of party, will continue to stretch its war powers,” Kaine said. “Congress has a responsibility to not only vote to authorize new military action, but to repeal old authorizations that are no longer necessary. The 1991 and 2002 AUMFs that underpinned the war against Iraq need to be taken off the books to prevent their future misuse. They serve no operational purpose, keep us on permanent war footing, and undermine the sovereignty of Iraq, a close partner. I call on Congress to promptly take up this measure and for the Biden Administration to support it to finally show the American people that the Article I and II branches can work together on these issues.”

“It has been thirty years since the first Gulf War began and nineteen years since the United States went back into Iraq. In the years since, Congress has been operating on autopilot when it comes to our essential duties to authorize the use of military force. The fact that authorities for both of these wars are still law today is illustrative of the bipartisan failure of Congress to perform its constitutionally-mandated oversight role,” Young said. “Today, Senator Tim Kaine and I have re-introduced our bipartisan legislation to continue our fight to repeal these outdated war authorities. Congress must not shy away from this debate and I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance this important legislation.”

“One of Congress’s most solemn constitutional responsibilities is deciding when and how we choose to send America’s sons and daughters into danger overseas,” Duckworth said. “As a nation, we are long over-due to have a thorough and honest reckoning about responsibly exercising Congressional war powers, which includes repealing outdated authorities like the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs. For decades, administrations of both parties have kept these authorizations on the books to justify military action in the region without returning to Congress to make their best legal case for the need for such action. I’m proud to join this bipartisan resolution that would repeal these outdated war authorities and I hope we can work in a bipartisan way to address war powers.”

“Congress has a responsibility to not only declare war but also to bring conflicts to a close,” Lee said. “As demonstrated by presidents from both political parties, when authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF) remain on the books long past a conflict’s conclusion they become ripe for abuse, expanding far beyond congressional intent. Closing out U.S. authorizations for war in Iraq is long overdue, and Congress owes it to the men and women who sacrificed blood and treasure to declare victory and come home.”

“The airstrikes against Iranian-backed forces in Syria last week demonstrate the need to review and revise the way in which our leaders collectively choose whether or not to wage war. An initial yet important part of that process is removing unnecessary war-making resolutions that are still on the books,” Coons said. “I’m proud to join Senator Kaine in this bipartisan effort to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs, and I look forward to working with the Biden Administration and my colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee to ensure Congress plays its rightful role in future decisions about the use of force.”

This bill is an effort to prevent the future misuse of the expired Gulf and Iraq War authorizations and strengthen Congressional oversight over war powers. For years, Kaine and Young have been leading voices in Congress raising concerns over the use of military force without congressional authorization.

Repealing these authorities will not impact ongoing U.S. operations to counter ISIS.

You can read the bill text here.

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