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Newsweek | 20 years later, the Iraq War lives on in law. It’s time to end it.
Twenty years ago this week, Congress voted to authorize the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Like many things from 20 years ago—landlines, Walkmans, and dial-up internet—the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq is now obsolete. But as long as it remains in law, it is far from insignificant.
In the two decades since this vote, three presidents have come and gone, with a fourth now in office. An entire generation of Americans has come of age. The world has changed in dramatic ways. But the law that authorized the Iraq War remains on the books, a living relic of America's Forever Wars. It is past time that Congress repeals this outdated authority and turns the page on the era of endless wars.
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