Where is the US administration authorized to target jihadists?

[parsa92]

John Kerry has argued to Congress that there should be no territorial limitations on where the administration can readily attack ISIS fighters.

https://www.the-newshub.com/stories/where-is-the-us-administration-authorized-to-target-jihadists

 

[occupied]

Personally I have never shed a tear when real terrorists are blown into little pieces.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Personally I have never shed a tear when real terrorists are blown into little pieces.

RWs cry lots of alligator tears over every single death of a terrorist.

And, if left to the shrub, bin Laden would still be watching his porn.

 

[occupied]

Personally I have never shed a tear when real terrorists are blown into little pieces.

RWs cry lots of alligator tears over every single death of a terrorist.

And, if left to the shrub, bin Laden would still be watching his porn.

Conservatives just feel that they and only they should be in charge of blowing up bad guys. Obama is doing it wrong by not glorifying our long war and escalating things beyond all reason.

 

[jwoodie]

Personally I have never shed a tear when real terrorists are blown into little pieces.

RWs cry lots of alligator tears over every single death of a terrorist.

And, if left to the shrub, bin Laden would still be watching his porn.

Why don't you try addressing the OP instead of repeating your bumper sticker slogans?

 

[jwoodie]

Personally I have never shed a tear when real terrorists are blown into little pieces.

RWs cry lots of alligator tears over every single death of a terrorist.

And, if left to the shrub, bin Laden would still be watching his porn.

Conservatives just feel that they and only they should be in charge of blowing up bad guys. Obama is doing it wrong by not glorifying our long war and escalating things beyond all reason.

Why don't you try explaining what YOU think about this subject? Or is that assuming too much?

 

[occupied]

Personally I have never shed a tear when real terrorists are blown into little pieces.

RWs cry lots of alligator tears over every single death of a terrorist.

And, if left to the shrub, bin Laden would still be watching his porn.

Conservatives just feel that they and only they should be in charge of blowing up bad guys. Obama is doing it wrong by not glorifying our long war and escalating things beyond all reason.

Why don't you try explaining what YOU think about this subject? Or is that assuming too much?

The only assumption here is that the government can do whatever it wants and find the legal justification at it's leisure, been SOP so far.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"Where is the US administration authorized to target jihadists?"

By the previous administration.

President George W. Bush, signing into law H.J. Res. 114, a resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq:

“While I appreciate receiving that support, my request for it did not, and my signing this resolution does not, constitute any change in the long-standing positions of the executive branch on either the President's constitutional authority to use force to deter, prevent, or respond to aggression or other threats to U.S. interests or on the constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution.”

Statement by the President

As maintained by administrations since the advent of the Cold War, and reaffirmed by the Bush administration as documented above, Article II, Section Two of the US Constitution authorizes the Executive Branch to unilaterally use military force absent authorization by Congress “to deter, prevent, or respond to aggression or other threats to U.S. interests,” where that authority is in no way mitigated by the War Powers Resolution of 1973.

 

[jwoodie]

Personally I have never shed a tear when real terrorists are blown into little pieces.

RWs cry lots of alligator tears over every single death of a terrorist.

And, if left to the shrub, bin Laden would still be watching his porn.

Conservatives just feel that they and only they should be in charge of blowing up bad guys. Obama is doing it wrong by not glorifying our long war and escalating things beyond all reason.

Why don't you try explaining what YOU think about this subject? Or is that assuming too much?

The only assumption here is that the government can do whatever it wants and find the legal justification at it's leisure, been SOP so far.

"Where is the US administration authorized to target jihadists?"

By the previous administration.

President George W. Bush, signing into law H.J. Res. 114, a resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq:

“While I appreciate receiving that support, my request for it did not, and my signing this resolution does not, constitute any change in the long-standing positions of the executive branch on either the President's constitutional authority to use force to deter, prevent, or respond to aggression or other threats to U.S. interests or on the constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution.”

Statement by the President

As maintained by administrations since the advent of the Cold War, and reaffirmed by the Bush administration as documented above, Article II, Section Two of the US Constitution authorizes the Executive Branch to unilaterally use military force absent authorization by Congress “to deter, prevent, or respond to aggression or other threats to U.S. interests,” where that authority is in no way mitigated by the War Powers Resolution of 1973.

Article II, Section Two says no such thing. However, Congress has largely ceded its Constitutional authority to declare war to the Executive Branch, with generally disastrous results: Half-hearted military excursions which are micro managed by the latest polling results and subject to interminable second-guessing. Any Congressional resolution less than a declaration of war should contain specific time and territorial limits.

P.S. Isn't it time to get over your obsession with Bush? Even the "RWs" had gotten over Clinton after this much time.