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 has unlimited power to shine my shoes…
You are a disgrace get out
You are such an idiot, do you have any idea??? Your Military? It will never happen, that’s our brothers and sisters, our military!!!! If you think they will stand against the real people of this country, you are so wrong Mr. Pres.
Go ahead and try to start a civil war! You might no like the outcome!
International? Nah…..
international my$#%&!@* out of his authority
What a bunch of dipshits we have in Congress to allow this megalomaniac to have this much power! Obviously from sitting on their collective asses for so long it has serious impaired all higher brain function! Here’s to the fall of Emporer Obama!
He dos not have much time will be replaced by TRUMP
He doesn’t have that power. He’s concentrating on toilets and closing Gitmo. Get real.
Fool.