Panetta waxed weirdly about getting “permission” from international organizations before engaging the U.S. military abroad.
“You know, our goal would be to seek international permission. And we would come to the Congress and inform you and determine how best to approach this, whether or not we would want to get permission from Congress,” Panetta said.
Weirdly is right.
What's not weird about Panetta? The guy has always given me the creeps!
Then later when the UN mandate was going to expire Bush had to make a new agreement called the Status of Forces Agreement