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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Be a Cold Day In Hell of he did something like this
Lock & Load Boys! If this happens, there is gonna be a lot of shooting, storming the White House, and putting someone in his place, which is prison.
In the New Fundamentally Changed/Transformed AMERIKA, all the Powers of the Government must be transferred to the Office of the President so that when H. Clinton is elected in 2017 she will be the Supreme Leader!
Seriously, do you guys actually believe this stuff? That Obama will declare martial law?
What reality do you guys live in.
So? The UN are pussies.
Been saying this for quite some time now. More false flags are eminent. Chicago, new York. LA. He can stay in power that way.
You people are so so stupid to believe this BS.
You are so sad
No if this bill passes, our elected officials give him the power to use American forces a gins American people. Wake up people, Google is and read it, if it passes the United states is eoomed!
YOU THINK OUR MILITARY WON’T FORE ON US IF THEIR COMMANDING OFFICERS GIVE THEM AN ULTIMATUM, YOU OBEY OR WE KILL YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN. FAMILY, ETC…Think about it