Posted on 09/17/2013 12:16:06 PM PDT by ez
President Barack Obama on Monday announced he would waive the federal law intended to prevent the supply of arms to terrorists groups so the U.S. can provide arms and other military assistance to the Syrian rebels, the Washington Examiner’s Joel Gehrke reports...
It's not in the constitution, I checked.
In fact, doesn't he state an oath to FAITHFULLY EXECUTE the law? Have we stepped into bizarro world where no-one even objects?
Ya gotta despise the pos that occupies he white hut!
Obama is NOT an American.
He never saluted the US flag.
He never respected the Constitution.
Hs has, however, with the help of the US Congress,
armed al Qaeda and given them control of MANPADS,
SAMs and sarin.
You must be a racist! Don’t you know that because the guy is half black, he can do what no other president was allowed to do?
Is this his pathetic power play against Putin/Assad?
(c) 1993, W. J. Clinton
I’m having a difficult time recalling when the prez could just “waive the law”.
The problem is, the law itself gives the President the power to waive certain of its prohibitions. And, unfortunately, that's not an uncommon provision - over time, Congress has abdicated its responsibilities in many areas by delegating its job to the President (or, worse, to unelected Cabinet members or other Executive branch officials).
We apparently did through Congress. From the article:
The Arms Export Control Act (AECA) allows the US president to waive provisions in Sections 40 and 40A, which forbid providing munitions, credit and licenses to countries supporting acts of terrorism. But those prohibitions can be waived “if the President determines that the transaction is essential to the national security interests of the United States.”
I'm more p*ssed about a Congress which would do this.
What laws do I get to waive?
Eeek. You outed me!!
Pulling out all the stops for the beheading of Christians in Syria!
Obama is a walking talking violation of the US Constitution and his oath of office.
Is this from The Onion?
You know which side HE is one.....
WTF? The Syrian rebels aren’t a “country”.
This is helping an enemy of the United States. This makes the brown Clown a TRAITOR to the country.
I beleive that just this one action , alone ,
constitutes a violation of "Oath of office".
It is one thing to selectively enforce a law ,
but it is another thing to arm,aid , and abett a known legally documented enemy .
This constitutes a treasonous act !
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