Posted on 05/18/2015 6:21:16 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW
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Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was recently asked whether Congress was still going to craft a new AUMF.
"What does that stand for?" Corker joked, knowing that it stands for Authorization for the Use of Military Force. But his five words said a lot.
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Obama needs fewer powers, not more, in every area I can think of.
Amen!
I think this is to unscrew the Iraq screw up of his total withdrawal. Iraq is calling us now.
From the article: Rep. Adam Schiff (D) believes that if a new military force authorization is not passed, the current Congress will have done more to weaken its own power as a check on the executive branch than any other Congress in memory.
"As an institution, we're the ones who are going to suffer because future presidents are going to look back at this and say, 'We don't need Congress to make war.' It's a terrible precedent," Schiff said. He believes that if a new military force authorization is not passed, the current Congress will have done more to weaken its own power as a check on the executive branch than any other Congress in memory.
In other words, "Do what I want, or I will do what I want."
I miss the old halcyon days, when they used to at least pretend.
Exactly!
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