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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14? C’mon man wake up
Some people enjoy a dictator!!! Because of fools like you, I’m voting republicans
Obama’s power is derived from the people, if we stand up and fight it will never happen. The Sheriffs won’t support it and neither will the military. If he brings in foreign troops the military WILL turn against him (and the upper echelon)
Can anyone say…
CIVIL WAR…part II
F-U!
Yes and you$#%&!@*in congress gave it to him.
Amen to that Raymond
Jeff W Brown The Declaration of Independence is THE VERY FOUNDING DOCUMENT from which This Great Nation was birthed. The Constitution was a product thereof. (As well as Bill of Rights.) These very Documents GOVERN (to exercise a directing influence over) our country. Without them, there would be no America. But man doesn’t know how to handle Decision-Making Power. And now we have those who are hell-bent on trying to change the very foundation of our Great Republic. For what…so we can have another KING GEORGE Ruling over us? The sheep are being led to their slaughter. Hyperbole? Haha. Afraid not, my friend. You can’t see what’s happening before your very eyes? Go ahead. Keep dismissing it if you shall. The only reason it’s not happening yet is simply because God is RESTRAINING it from doing so. Dig in your Bible, bro. It’s as plain as day. God bless!
Timothy Fleming
So first this so called story isn’t true. Second the prez has the authority to deploy troops for 90 days anywhere in the world( been that way for a long time) then Congress has to approve any longer. Now read some history. Fed troops have been used since George Washington led them against the whiskey rebellion. Kent state. Arkansas. Etc etc…. Do some actual fact finding. This web site is the biggest load of$#%&!@*ever. They have been wrong on everything the post. If you believe this c**p then you are idiot.