Posted on 01/06/2020 3:55:49 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
Every time a terrorist gets blown up, the lefty/libertarian caucus cries, "AUMF".
That stands for Authorization for Use of Military Force. In other words, they want Congress to take a vote and declare war and whatnot. There are two things wrong with this argument.
1. The 9/11 AUMF vote (the one Obama wanted Congress to withdraw on his way out) covers a whole range of Islamic terrorists. It was a bipartisan authorization that covers the use of "all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism."
And yes, as the 9/11 Commission Report notes, that includes Iran, which had a hand in harboring and training.
So Iran is already covered by an AUMF. The lefty-libertarian caucus can clamor to have that AUMF withdrawn. They can't however complain that President Trump doesn't have legal authority to launch attacks on Iranian terrorists.
2. Killing an Iranian terror leader outside Iran in Baghdad, which is well within the congressionally authorized scope of military operations, in response to repeated attacks by Soleimani's terrorists against American personnel, has zero AUMF issues.
Congress doesn't need to declare war against specific terrorists before we kill them, if they're attacking us. We don't need an AUMF for self-defense.
Soleimani was killed in response to attacks on US personnel. We had intel suggesting that he had something even nastier than the current rocket attacks and embassy attacks planned.
Iran perpetrated an attack on our embassy in Iraq. And yet the media keeps complaining that the United States is violating international law and bringing the world closer to war.
Attacking an embassy is far more of a violation of international law than killing a terror leader in a war zone.
If Congress is warned in advance our soldiers would be killed.
I’m with you.
MAGA-—no matter how long it takes.
Obama launches 2,800 strikes on Iraq, Syria without congressional approval
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/27/congress-still-not-specifically-authorizing-islami/
How about a GoFundMe to raise airfare for those wishing to participate in a Human Shield demonstration in Iran.
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Speaker Pelosi!
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Please stop calling terrorists, "enemy soldiers."
Wake up and smell the f#$king coffee."
gogeo.
“War”, “enemy”, and “victory” are all concepts which are undermined by constant use of the terms “terrorism” and “terrorist”.
Can you imagine the current group of inmates at Gitmo being allowed to survive unmolested for more than a decade in the 1940s?
The German “terrorists” who landed at Amagansett on June 12, 1942 were tried, had their appeals heard by the Supreme Court, and were executed on August 8, 1942 - that’s 56 days - because we had a much better grasp then.
The problen at Pearl Harbor wasn’t “pilots”.
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