Posted on 02/12/2015 7:08:12 AM PST by Olog-hai
Seeking war power authority for three years, President Barack Obama is setting up the prospect that his successor will become the third American president in a row overseeing U.S. military forces grappling with turmoil in the Middle East.
Passing on an active military mission in the region would be an unexpected and unwanted legacy for Obama, a president who once appeared poised to fulfill his campaign pledge to end U.S.-led conflicts in the region. [ ]
The president has long said the campaign against the Islamic State militants would be lengthy, suggesting it could extend beyond his presidency. But his authorization request to Congress makes that implication a reality and injects a complex foreign policy matter into the early stages of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Under Obamas proposal, the use of military force against Islamic State fighters would be authorized for three years, unbounded by national borders. The fight could be extended to any closely related successor entity to the Islamic State extremists, but the measure does not authorize large-scale ground operations.
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Our 75th. President is going to inherit a Mideast Crisis.
Give me a break, Obummer will surrender long before.
You really think this can last 124 years before the world explodes in another world war?
Obama is helping Iran rebuild The Persian Empire
Under the pretext of fighting Islamic terror no less.
Sorry . . . make that “violent extremism”. Hard to keep up with the Newspeak these days; “overseas contingency operation” and “man-caused disaster” burned themselves out quickly.
Once what ends? Kinda hard to “go right back to fighting” if the planet ends up a smoking cinder.
The next world war will use nukes, you know. Iran is the exception to the “mutually assured destruction” rule; they want to use nukes to attack. Your outlook is that the status quo will continue indefinitely, along with Satan’s rule over the planet; we already got two big warnings over the last century that it will not.
Every president since Bush 1 inherited a Mideast conflict. And I’m sure the next few presidents to come will inherit their own.
Assuming there is any ME left around that time.
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Not a could, it's the intent.
Got it in one. That b*****d.
All because of the incompetence and dereliction of duty of probably the worst leader any nation has had since Caligula.
We spent a trillion dollars trying to secure Iraq and Obama gives it all back to the terrorists.
Chaos Theory: Ophonybama’s governing philosophy!
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