The CINC Knows Best
The 1973 War Powers Resolution was passed during the era of the Vietnam War to set out the powers of the president and Congress regarding U.S. military actions. It prohibits U.S. armed forces from being involved in military actions for more than 60 days without congressional authorization.
It seem that there actually has been some discussion about the “Kinetic Military Action” ongoing in Libya.
President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided that he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war in Libya without Congressional authorization, according to officials familiar with internal administration deliberations.
One quote struck me in particular:
“It should come as no surprise that there would be some disagreements, even within an administration, regarding the application of a statute that is nearly 40 years old to a unique and evolving conflict,” Mr. Schultz said. “Those disagreements are ordinary and healthy.”
Damn them old laws!
If simply calling something “unique and evolving” means an old law doesn’t apply is that The Benchmark now?
I won’t argue that there aren’t archaic and outdated laws on the books here and there, but this standard is more than a little troubling. The 21st century is unique and evolving compared to back around 1776.
Category: Historical, Military issues, Politics, Who knows
“[S]ome men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
I think this describes Obama and most of his decisions — foreign and domestic — to a tee. As well as this one:
“Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair!”
Again, Obama wants chaos, both overseas and domestically. He just wants to watch the world burn.
Oh, and, of course, blame Bush for it all.
For an alleged Constitutional Scholar, he sure ignores the Constitution an awful lot.
OK, dropping bombs on people=no hostilities. Wonder if Ears has similar thoughts regarding things here at home? Why sue Arizona multiple times, why not just conduct a kinetic action against them?
If the Executive disagrees with a law passed by the Legislative, the issue is decided by the SCOTUS.
Period.
No Republican or Democrat has ever avoided the WPA like Obama has.
The only good thing about this: get video and voice clips of Dems defending this violation of the law – after having spent years pursuing BS legal action against Bush-43, who actually had the AUMF which met the letter of the law, and the Constitution.
“It should come as no surprise that there would be some disagreements, even within an administration, regarding the application of a statute that is nearly 40 years old to a unique and evolving conflict,” Mr. Schultz said. “Those disagreements are ordinary and healthy.”
If the Obeyme administration feels this way about a law that’s only 40 years old, it’s no wonder they totally ignore a set of laws (the Constitution) that’s over 240 years old.
We can roll up or crush Libya at our convenience. Thats not the point though. What is our objective again? Remind me, because I can’t figure it out. This has to be one of the most poorly executed operations in recent history.
4# Exactly! Thats by far the most hypocritical and enraging aspect.