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Alternatives to War

If you’ve heard any message from FCNL before, there’s a good chance it’s this one: war is not the answer. 

But if war isn’t the answer, then what is?  Building on our 2022 analysis and other insightful research, our report focuses on addressing that question. 

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FCNL advocacy teams member holding a sign that says "Biden Repeal Don't Replace" sign at AUMF repeal really
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Matthew Paul D'Agostino

2002 Iraq AUMF

Learn what it is and why Congress should repeal it.

Cover art: If War's Not the Answer, What Is?

Alternatives to War

If you’ve heard any message from FCNL before, there’s a good chance it’s this one: war is not the answer. 

But if war isn’t the answer, then what is?

U.S. Army Spc. Jason Bruno secures an area during an assessment of the local bazaar in the Shah Joy district of Zabul province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 7, 2011. Bruno is a rifleman assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul.
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DoD/Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras, U.S. Air Force

The President’s War Powers

For nearly two decades, the United States has relied on two congressional war authorizations to serve as the legal basis for military operations against suspected terrorist groups abroad.

We seek a world free of war and the threat of war.

We seek a society with equity and justice for all.

We seek a community where every person's potential may be fulfilled.

We seek an earth restored.