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Old Navy Vet
Looks like there is bipartisan support in Congress now to force the Ego-in-Chief to get authorization from Congress in the form of a NEW authorization to use military force (AUMF) under the War Powers Resolution (1973). It was SUPPOSED to limit presidential power to commit the United States to armed engagements around the world with the unintended consequence of the circumvention of Congress' Constitutional responsibility of a declaration of war for conflicts/WARS in which the US gets actively engaged.
The message is being sent to the Panderer-in-Chief before the Orange Wonder unilaterally commits the US to other non-authorized conflicts in Iraq, Syria and possibly the Korean Peninsula. That is, of course, if Congress has the cajones to follow through.
Obama was wrong to involve the US in Libya without an AUMF from Congress authorizing the action, and I said at the time that was an impeachable offense and he should have been held to account. The Orange One will be dead wrong, too, if he pits US forces against an adversary not noted in the existing 2002 AUMF and subject to Articles of Impeachment being drawn up just as should have been done to his predecessor!
Lawmakers say Trump needs Congress' OK to wage war on ISIS
"WASHINGTON — When Congress returns from recess, U.S. President Donald Trump will face a push from some lawmakers who say he should ask for their authorization to wage an extended war in Syria and Iraq.
A top House Republican, Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, said the authorization passed after 9/11 has been stretched beyond its original intent. To fight Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces or the Islamic State group, Trump should submit a request to Congress, he told Defense News."
~~ Lawmakers say Trump needs Congress' OK to wage war on ISIS ~~
The message is being sent to the Panderer-in-Chief before the Orange Wonder unilaterally commits the US to other non-authorized conflicts in Iraq, Syria and possibly the Korean Peninsula. That is, of course, if Congress has the cajones to follow through.
Obama was wrong to involve the US in Libya without an AUMF from Congress authorizing the action, and I said at the time that was an impeachable offense and he should have been held to account. The Orange One will be dead wrong, too, if he pits US forces against an adversary not noted in the existing 2002 AUMF and subject to Articles of Impeachment being drawn up just as should have been done to his predecessor!
Lawmakers say Trump needs Congress' OK to wage war on ISIS
"WASHINGTON — When Congress returns from recess, U.S. President Donald Trump will face a push from some lawmakers who say he should ask for their authorization to wage an extended war in Syria and Iraq.
A top House Republican, Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, said the authorization passed after 9/11 has been stretched beyond its original intent. To fight Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces or the Islamic State group, Trump should submit a request to Congress, he told Defense News."
~~ Lawmakers say Trump needs Congress' OK to wage war on ISIS ~~