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Originally Posted by Robbie
Congress basically abdicating their power by creating the War Powers Act.
Only Congress is supposed to be able to declare war and wage war via the Constitution...BUT, they can also enact laws to give the President that ability.
That's why we've had so many fucking wars without actually declaring war ever since WW2.
Hell, even AFTER Pearl Harbor...FDR had to wait until Congress declared war (which they swiftly did) before he could send in the troops in WW2.
These days? Johnson sent in troops to fight the Vietnam War, Reagan sent troops pretty much to any little country he wanted to put in line, Bush Sr. fought the Gulf War, Clinton lobbed missiles at the Serbian conflict and the Iraqi's, Bush Jr. invaded Afghanistan AND Iraq, Obama used drone warfare to slaughter thousands.
And then Trump blew the hell up out of Syria while eating chocolate cake with the Chinese leader.
Whether you agree or disagree with any of those actions is irrelevant. CONGRESS is the problem here.
They wrote law to give away their own powers to the Executive Branch.
They need to repeal that shit and take responsibility again.
Quite simply they don't want to have to make ANY big decisions that could hurt them politically so they have been giving power to the Executive Branch for decades.  |
But...
Congress has given POTUS the power to use the military for (i think it is) 90/120 days
then he must come back and ask for (and be granted) more time or bring it back.
That is enough time to fully get us into a war that has no end.
How do you stop what is started... It's not that easy. It is easier to prevent it in the first place.
The senate can reign this in before it starts. Nobody likes to tie the hands of POTUS but it is clear this time it needs to have some limitations even if they are not made public which would be advisable. Let those Senators speak for war publicly if they want it.
Since when has the right in the senate not been surprised just how far donald will go.
We are being hand feed data to make this acceptable in the public eyes that it almost reminds me of Iraq. And it has only just started.