Posted on 03/05/2021 10:31:51 AM PST by Beave Meister
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signaled support to replace decades-old authorizations for the use of military force in the Middle East, a little more than a week after he relied on the authorizations to carry out a retaliatory airstrike against Iranian-backed militia in eastern Syria.
The Biden administration announced its position after a bipartisan bill was introduced earlier this week that would repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the wars in Iraq that presidents from both parties have relied on for legal justification to carry out strikes in the region.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden was committed to working with Congress to “ensure that the authorizations for the use of military force currently on the books are replaced with a narrow and specific framework that will ensure we can protect Americans from terrorist threats while ending the forever wars.”
Biden spurred bipartisan backlash last week after he ordered the strikes against facilities used by Kataib Hezbollah. The strikes were in response to a rocket attack earlier in February targeting U.S. troops and civilian personnel in northern Iraq without first seeking congressional approval. The U.S. has blamed the militia for numerous attacks targeting U.S. personnel and interests in Iraq in the past.
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Well, you know the answer to THAT one.
Sounds like the Clinton marriage.
When the next Benghazi moment inevitably happens, Jill Joe will say she he couldn't respond because congress hadn't authorized it.
Then our betters in congress will debate which party, and which people, within congress are to blame because the oligarchy functioned exactly as intended didn't work as designed due to "partisan politics" and neanderthals.
You heard it hear first.
Yep.... sounds like a mega circle-jerk just waiting to transpire not to be confused with expire.
going to congress with a problem at noon would mean a leak to the world by 12:15
I have a theory about this.
On that last raid against Iranian-backed Syrian militia, Biden gave the go-ahead. But since he is senile, he soon foforgot about it and there were no followup notifications, it took everyone by surprise.
This is the democraps response to having a senile old man giving out military orders that he forgets about.
Well they sure seem to make a lot of the same decisions don’t they?
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