C’mon .. I know you’re smarter than that.
THIS HAS REAL PURPOSE. GW Bush wrote a EO citing this same legislation (just as every president does). That’s why, on 9/11, GW was able to enact all sorts of emergency plans .. because of this legislation.
When are people going to realize that having this emergency power is vital to our security ..??
And .. it was also this power that allowed our Special Forces to land in Afghanistan on 9/12.
Yup, which is why I get very specific as to what constitutes an emergency.
When are people going to realize that having this emergency power is vital to our security ..??
Emergency powers are vital, and are not a threat to our security as long as they are defined in scope, temporally, spatially, and situationally.
And .. it was also this power that allowed our Special Forces to land in Afghanistan on 9/12.
A lot of good that war did.