Posted on 12/11/2008 9:31:52 AM PST by presidio9
It’s not as if President-elect Barack Obama doesn’t have enough on his plate with a financial meltdown and a home-state scandal. But now he is delving into the thorny question of who can send the country into war.
In between interviewing cabinet nominees and announcing health care plans, Mr. Obama plans to meet Thursday with the leaders of a commission that has proposed revamping the legal process for launching military action, to require more consultation between a president and Congress.
The proposal would scrap the problematic War Powers Act of 1973, a measure passed in the hangover from Vietnam to give Congress more say in committing troops to the battlefield but largely honored in the breach ever since by presidents who deemed it unconstitutional. In its place, the commission proposes a law requiring a president to consult lawmakers before any “significant military action” and calling on Congress to vote up or down within 30 days.
The commission, composed of luminaries from both parties, unveiled its plan in July, but it was largely overlooked in the heat of the presidential campaign. Although Mr. Obama has not endorsed the proposal, he could be breathing life into it by meeting with the commission’s chairmen and giving them a high-profile platform to make their case.
Sitting down with Mr. Obama in Chicago will be two former secretaries of state, James A. Baker III, a Republican, and Warren Christopher,
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Something tells me this isn’t constitutional either...
HAH! Obama will quietly bury any proposals to check HIS constitutional war power authority.
If Obama is already warning Iran with nuclear attacks if they attack Israel, all war powers need to be taken away from him. No President should threaten the use of Nukes ahead of time. He has no idea what he is doing.
Troops to Africa, where America has no vested interest, so they can be meals on wheels.
And watch the Officer Corps, and the Senior NCOs run for the door. That would weaken us more than just about any other limited action. Very, very dangerous.
Think Stalin’s depleted army in ‘41.
I believe this is an attempt to neuter the Executive Branch.
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