The Authorization for Use of Military Force passed by the Senate is a rewrite of the Constitution’s War Powers clause and grants the President broad authority to deploy ground troops almost everywhere in the world, including the United States. That’s the warning being voiced by Democratic Senator Chris Murphy in response to the AUMF bill proposed by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The bill would grant the president overwhelming control over where the US forces are deployed, which is scary for two reasons. The first is the obvious threat to American citizens’ rights. If the military can be sent to an American city based on loose justifications, they could be used to impose martial law and even empower a police state that has already grown too powerful.
The second reason is the plain call back to Manifest Destiny. Americans do not want to police the world. If the European Union is too busy handling the migrant crisis and Russia has finally come to terms with the harsh economic reality that their country is on the brink of collapse, it would leave the United States to ensure the sovereignty of all democratic nations. A solution that nobody would want.
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Obama is to big a p@#$* to ever do this.
Wrong
IF YOU ARE NOT WATCHING THE SENATE DEBATES AND HEARINGS “REGULARLY” ON C-SPAN, YOU DO NOT REALIZE THE DESTRUCTION AND DOWNFALL OF AMERICA THESE PAST 7 YEARS!!!!!
I watched another White House briefing yesterday with Press Secretary Earnest and listened to his lies while watching the mesmerized faces of the young reporters believing his lie after lie!!!!
Next they will post and report to misinformed and UNINFORMED Americans who have their “heads in the sand!”
BETTER WAKE UP, AMERICANS, OBAMA IS NOT LEAVING OFFICE BUT COUNTING ON BLM, PANTHERS (using them) TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW!
“I WILL BE SURPRISED IF HE LEAVES OFFICE!”
And why can he do this? Congress rolled over and played dead. Now that re-election is coming up, they are speaking out, trying to make it appear as if they are “on our side” and looking out for us.
Citizens against Obama! He is a traitor an terrorist.arrest try convict and execute!
That’s what I’ve been fearing also!!!
Lynda that’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard!
Jane Patterson i told my family all of this was going to happen when he was re-elected..
Don’t be fooled people, this is the next step in Obamas’ plan to enslave us, when martial law is declared.
It IS an international consiracy.