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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If, if, if, if, if. Funny it was the Senate Majority Leader, a Republican, who led the legislation to give the authority in the first place. Funny it is being “International Martial Law” being touted this President will declare. If, if, if, if, if.
How about NO FRIGGEN WAY.
LET THE WAR BEGIN . never surrender our weapons americans and we need to unite in our communities. The government is so corrupt . The American people put them in and we can take them out . Power to the American people.
It’s going to get ugly.
If any person….anyone does not see his evil fuckin plan……then god help you ! Wake up !!!!!!
And we have the right to resist it
Hell no !
You congress have the power to arrest him! Do your job! You took an oath to defend the Constitution so, are you all lying hypocrites?
Bwahahaha! Obama declaring “International Martial Law”!!!!!!!! He doesn’t have the balls to do anything about riots in the US or ISIS! I think a lot of other countries are going to freaking laugh. If it allows for more rapid deployment as opposed to allowing the UN and our government to screw off until everybody already knows and has had a chance to move their weapons and deploy their troops, good.
And we have unprecedented authority to say no to him and impeach