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Originally Posted by spence
The entire context is Iran, that was the question..."In what circumstances would the president have constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force authorization from Congress?".
-spence
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so you are saying that the president's constitutional authority varies depending on which country in the middle east we are talking about?
OBAMA clearly describes what
HE believes the president may or may not do regarding military action, his own words.... and he was specifically referring, in this "hypothetical", to what
HE believed should be the bounds of presidential authority regarding miilitary action, and he made very clear any exceptions ...geographic location in the middle east has absolutely nothing to do with it...
Obama- “any offensive military action taken by the United States against (Iran) must be explicitly authorized by Congress.”
why should this vary from one country to the next?...oh, I forgot, we are talking about Obama "you do as I say and I'll do as I please"
is this "Iran specific" "History has shown us time and again, however, that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the Legislative branch. It is
always preferable to have the informed consent of Congress prior to
any military action. "-Obama