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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Go ahead.
Still talking about Bush? Really? This fucking idiot has had 8 years to completely fucking up this country.
Warns…..
Actually he does NOT
Keep in mind that God works in mysterious ways. Learn and minimize future mistakes, electorate!
Right there with you brother.
I can’t wait for this made up b******t to end. Then you have people responding like it’s true. God help us!
I hope he does and suspend the elections that’ll give Americans an excuse to hang him and anyone else who supported it and not be called a racist hahahahahahaha
What about Bush’s AUMF ? It was the same thing . We’re u afraid of martial law then ? Nope just more propaganda to make u hate our president . Funny you conservatives call him week for not going after Isis anywhere in the world yet u complain when congress gives him authorization to do so . Lmfao hypocrisy a true republican value !!! Lol
Pull the pin black$#%&!@*and see what happens