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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This administration is waking up an angry BEAR.
Please do something .Where is our service people take control all ready
Obamas undeclared power is here by declared unconstitutional. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
Going to be bad news when he does he can not by the Constitution with his BS executive orders
Wake up military an take this president out now !
Wrong…Know the Military, (Despite his moves to put the wrong persons in charge.) will bring President Obama up ALONE on charges against this Commander-in-chief.
King borak needs to remember, that, unlike Germany, the military has an oath to defend the COUNTRY, Not$#%&!@*obama, so good luck w/that c**p.
Well, if he does, we won’t have to watch all that election BS on TV… there will be alot more news.
McConnell is leaving one way or the other ! P.o.s
Kevin Malloy