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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Obama will eventually occupy a casket, like the rest of us
So . . . do something about it. You in the Senate passed this authorization so what is to keep you from passing something that will make it void????
And lots more just like you.
I think a lot of people are beginning to figure it out. Hope I’m right.
Wanna bet you asswipe
Article V
and obama will be a walking target.no more golfing.
*appalling. Hey when is Hillary getting indicted. You promised.
if you Establishment types in Washington have permitted this, it is really going to hit the fan.
He dont have$#%&!@*anymore .