Adam Schiff introduces authorization to half-ass the war against ISIS
Andy11M sends a link to Yahoo News which reports that California Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff is prepared to introduce legislation for the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that would replace the 2002 version which allowed troops into Iraq the following year, but would seriously hamstring troops who are currently facing the ISIS in Iraq and Syria;
Rep. Adam Schiff’s Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) would impose strict limits that the Pentagon publicly opposes, forbidding the use of U.S. ground troops to carry out combat missions and limiting military action to Iraq and Syria.
There are over 2000 US troops in Iraq now and another 1000 paratroopers of the 82d Airborne Division are on their way this week. I guess they won’t be surprised that Congress wants them to half-ass this portion of the war against terror, too.
Back to Schiff;
“If the circumstances change, and the president finds it necessary to use combat troops in combat missions, then he should come back to the Congress to seek that authority,” the lawmaker said. “Likewise, on geography, we are not authorizing the country to go to war with (Nigerian extremists) Boko Haram. If circumstances change, then the president can come back and ask us for more authority.”
Yeah, because I’m sure that ISIS will hold off any of their plans long enough for Congress to debate the President’s options. I remember being 15 kilometers inside Iraq in 1991 while Congress debated the use of force against Iraq that year, you know, after we had already engaged in firefights with Iraqi tanks and artillery. And then, without being defeated, we were forced to withdraw back to Saudi Arabia while we took fire from the Iraqis. That’s not a good feeling, you know, being uncertain about what your own politicians are going to do, while you’re engaged with an armed enemy.
Category: Congress sucks, Terror War
“It’s always easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission” – sounds like he is trying to close that door before it’s opened.
has anyone in congress even heard of the art of war? let alone read it?
More chickenshit horse crap from the lib’s…
These idiots have no concept of how much moozlums hate us, even after 9-11 I remember Juan, (I have no balls) Williams said that we needed to find out why they hated us so much before we did anything…
Knowing why the enemy thinks as they do – and what drives them – is a good thing, Thunderstixx. But it’s not a good idea to quit fighting while you’re trying to figure that out, either.
Democrats half-assing. Isn’t that redundant?
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As always, very well said.
“Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war…”
–Bill Shakespeare, 1599
“Get upset, send a strongly worded letter to the United Nations, and if they agree, after suitable debate, and after further debate in Congress, ensure the President has also notified Congress pursuant to the War Powers Act of 1973, a measured response might be undertaken, provided the ROE is of suitable constraint as to eliminate any possibility of casualties to enemy personnel, and then only after command authority 8000 miles away is suitably satisfied and the legal authority is granted, may we put our troops asses on the line to get shot off by people who have no such restraint upon their behavior.”
–Adam Schiff, 2015
Fuck. This. SHIT.
/ragequit
Nothing new under the sun.
All the way back to the VietNam war, DemonRats have been ham-stringing the soldiers with silly ROEs.
If Schiff had done this the nanosecond after Obama said, “no boots on the ground,” I would have supported it. Now, however, it’s worse than useless. Now, with combat troops there, it’s time to let them get on with the task of making war, or bring them home.
See; this is why we haven’t won a war since 1945.
Just ask John T. Reed about that one.
http://www.johntreed.com/military.html
Started to read some of his (Reed’s) columns… occasionally he makes sense but ‘way too often I find myself thinking that on many topics like pay, retirement, guns, and some others that ‘ignorant’ is the NICEST possible thing I could say. More likely I would start at ‘idiot’ and work my way south.
I thought Adam Schiff was that old DA on Law and Order. Cool dude.
He was also the original team leader on Mission Impossible:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hill
If they place restrictions and crazy ROE’s, then no troops and bring the rest home! Liberals fucked this thing up big time!
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