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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Lets all quit working and go on welfare. Lets see government run then.
You mean he’s already ruling the world?
GTFO Barry
Another scare tactic to excite the public?
where were the republicans we voted in in this vote
Donald Trump For President 2016
He has been working on this for years…and uses every trick in the book to keep anybody from catching on to what he is doing. I just hope that all his muslim brotherhood buddies in his admin. haven’t already done as much damage as they probably could. Just think what they have access to now….it will be forever before we know what the damage is.
It’s respect time
It’s respect time
he cannot declare international martial law. he only has the power to declare martial law. and thats tenuous at best considering how stupid he looks already