Posted on 12/10/2020 1:13:00 PM PST by RandFan
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday blocked swift passage of a $740 billion defense bill over language intended to stop President Trump’s drawdown of troops in Afghanistan.
Trump says he will veto the bill for not including repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which gives immunity to social media companies, but the bill passed the House on Tuesday in a veto-proof 335-78 vote.
“This bill creates 535 commanders in chief,” Paul said on the Senate floor.
The libertarian Republicans said “it’s hypocrisy” for hawkish lawmakers to support presidential power to initiate conflicts, but not to end them.
“They really don’t care about their theory of an all powerful commander in chief, they care more about perpetuating the Afghan war,” Paul said.
“Until recently, this chorus of voices sang of nothing but the almighty powers that presidents have as commander in chief. That is until a president arrived on the scene who wanted to reduce overseas troop levels and end America’s longest war in Afghanistan. Then the promoters have a strong commander in chief suddenly jumped ship and began advocating the opposite.” he said.
“This defense authorization bill could more aptly be called a bill to prevent the president from ending the Afghan war,” Paul added.
“The neocon advocates for unlimited presidential war powers should own up to their hypocrisy and admit that their love of perpetual war trumps their oft-stated unitary executive theory.”
Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, whose father was vice president when the war in Afghanistan began in 2001, was influential in attaching the language to the bill.
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At this point our people are simply targets. There’s not enough of a force to take any initiative against anyone.
rand paul will probably also object during the electoral college proceedings imho. just need a house objector to join with him...
More likely Cruz
We might have been fighting wars to help China’s takeover.
Opium
thinking matt gaetz would probably also object...
Good for him!
Bring ‘em all home!
RAnd Paul is right on this one. And he should also approve of the exit cover to be provided by the heavies of the US Navy 5th fleet. We can leave clean or leave dirty. Its really the Taliban’s choice.
Get the military loyalists in there and do a super secret bugout on Christmas Eve. Everyone out of Afghanistan at the same time.
I’ve always sort of admired Rand. But I’m starting to really like him a lot. In the past he’s taken positions that were somewhat puzzling or irritating. But he normally takes his stands based on a principle. Even if it’s an inconvenient principle. But lately he seems to have gotten in lock step with Trump on the big issues involving the war with the deep state.
If people like Rand can delay passage til after noon, Dec 23, I believe Trump can ‘Pocket Veto’ the bill, and his veto can’t be overturned. The new congress would have to take up the bill all over again - less time for congress to pull all kinds of other crap - and the Rats will have less votes in the House.
Gotta keep that pizza and those hot dogs streaming from Afghanistan to DC. Otherwise Podesta would be very upset.
Rand Paul 2024.
Nobody else is close.
Good man.
And Then What Happens?
Not our problem.
If anyone effs with us in the future, it becomes an extinction event.
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