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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Thanks for the encouraging remarks. I hope your right.
Now you have informed us, now tell us how you are going to stop this maniac.
So does the next president ,buddy!!!!!
We have plans for open monkey season.
The Senate gave him this power? I want to see it in writing, because as stupid as our representatives are, I just don’t believe they could possibly be this damn stupid and if they are I want to see the proof.
Obama is insane.
then he should be in jail for treason
Try it and We the People and our military will rise up against him!
The greatest mistake he ever made is that he has alienated our military and they will not blindly follow his orders against our own!
Nottttt happening