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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Trump
It won’t mean anything IF the people do not comply and our military stands with the citizens.
oh good lord 🙁
And he will do it. Mark my words
Trump 2016
The President has no power. What he, and congress, have is the perception of power. WE are the power. And, if WE ever figure that out, THEY will be running for the hills.
Lock and load AMERICA. Its coming
No surprise, sheeple. You need to change into rabid wolves
In our national culture we have a lot of information and very little wisdom .
TIME FOR A REVOLUTION !!!!!!