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2014-12-10 Home Front: WoT

Obama wants new AUMF for 'unlimited' war against ISIS

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Posted by Steve White 2014-12-10 11:57|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 When Bush asked for powers like this intellectuals argued that a corrupt president could misuse the powers. We are in the midst of the most corrupt presidency in history. He would have this thing passed in the dark of night and next thing we know we would have troops in North Idaho to combat racist Americans.

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-12-10 12:33|| 2014-12-10 12:33|| Front Page Top

#2 US policy with regardings to the Jihad is just totally FUBAR.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-12-10 14:35|| 2014-12-10 14:35|| Front Page Top

#3 We all know the powers are to be used against the Tea Party; the one thing both republicans and democrats can agree upon.

Posted by Airandee 2014-12-10 16:53|| 2014-12-10 16:53|| Front Page Top

#4 So as who was in Vietnam ya know, and who went to law school, the process means nothing? The process is essential in those two professions.

Obama is going to ask people to fight and die for his missions, whatever they may be, but also has no regards for process or balls to put his name on it.

Going around the chain of command will get you fired at a grocery store.

This is ceding the civilian authority side of the Presidency to the military.

Get that beggard off the porch. Tell the commander in chief of the military to put his name on a proposal for civilian review.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-12-10 17:07|| 2014-12-10 17:07|| Front Page Top

#5 BTW, the AUMF in Sep 2001 was authored by .... Sen Biden.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-12-10 17:32|| 2014-12-10 17:32|| Front Page Top

#6 "NO - define what you want to do".
Obama doesn't want to say that we may need to go back to war under his watch, even though he, and we, know he should. Don't give this legacy coward an out. MAKE him specify what he wants and rub Kerry's looooong face in it before approving it.

Posted by Frank G 2014-12-10 19:25|| 2014-12-10 19:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Yokay, I'll bite, doesn't he have this already wid the War Powers Act + other???

WE AL KNOW THE USDOD LOVES MANUALS BUT THATS BESIDE THE POINT.

We don't need to "Columbine" or over-Bureaucratize a War wid dozens, 00's or 000's of new Rules, etc. which won't be enforced because no one can nor will remember them all, + ultimately weren't needed in the first place???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-12-10 20:40|| 2014-12-10 20:40|| Front Page Top

#8 So how does his desire for an unlimited war powers act dovetail with his demands for wholesale cuts in the military?

So does this include going after domestic enemies too? If so this could be very dangerous.

Lastly, whatshisname thinks he can revive the Dems by starting a war...worked for Roosevelt...to jump start a moribund economy?

Very odd here how they've done flip flops and somersaults of incredible mental gymnastics to justify doing something they pilloried Bush for.

Hypocrites.

Not that we need to take this latest toxic phenomenon in the ME seriously, it is just odd that after doing everything in their power to make it worse they want to drop the hammer of the nasty old evil US military on the entire problem.

Unlimited? Does that mean he intends to nuke the bastards?

I don't want to have someone knocking on my door calling me a terrorist for criticizing whatshisname. I'm already suddenly getting zapped by the IRS over tax returns from over eight years ago...so I'm paranoid.

Posted by Mystic 2014-12-10 21:15|| 2014-12-10 21:15|| Front Page Top

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