We sent our young men and women into Afghanistan 19 years ago to find Osama Bin Laden and destroy the terrorist network that attacked us on 9/11. That was appropriate.

Within a year, the terrorists were largely gone — scattered to other regions. Their government sympathizers were overthrown. Bin Laden is dead. But…our young men and women are still there, engaged in a futile effort to defy thousands of years of history.
Our involvement in Iraq was — and remains — a similar story. It is difficult to argue that our military engagement there has improved the lives of anyone, or made us safer.
Our Constitution sought to limit the power of presidents to engage in military actions in foreign lands. Congress has shamefully, and I believe, illegally ignored its responsibility to enforce those limits and its war powers. It’s time to bring our troops home, stop throwing good money after bad, and allow our amazing military to focus on what they signed up for: Keeping America safe and free.