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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He must have followers to make that work. We the people are willing to kill international invaders even if that muslim usurper ask for their help. He is only pretending to be President. We do not recognize him as a real American president. We just wait for him to leave his wife and children and leave.
Our military is independent from the president if he is ordering them to kill those who they are entrusted to protect.
Sir you have not been relieved of that duty.
Please remember all military personnel sworn in past and present are sworn to protect all Americans from foreign and domestic. I would call Obama a domestic terrorist.
And all service personnel past and present have not been relieved of that duty.
And I have no intention of turning my back on that promise. I’ll admit the current state of affairs is awfully discouraging but the many positive comments have been very uplifting!..After all of the political turmoil, we the people are what matter…I’ll never lay down,shut up and accept what I know is wrong..the sheep have been pushing the Lions around for too long!
It wont work here were not stupid or afraid
Really people?!? Did NONE of you read that the REPUBLICANS, not the remocrats are trying to pass this bill. Are you all so stupid in your blind hatred that any time someone blames Obama for anything, you automatically assume it is the truth. The article even says that the dems are urging Obama to veto this GOP piece of legislation, but that doesn’t fir into your narrative.
still think this is a joke..your bozo in office has place himself in a position of total power over YOU the American people..NOW the question is will American armed forces turn on its people…
And take back all the money they stold from taxpayers with no benefits to pay social security back for the trillions of dollar they stolen that did not belong to them.