September 15, 2014
OUR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT:
Obama justifying war on ISIS using the Bush war authorization he tried to repeal (Bonnie Kristian, 9/15/14, The Week)
Consistency is the hobgoblin of ideologues.While running for President in 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama sponsored a resolution to require President George W. Bush to get explicit authorization from Congress before waging war against Iran. Today, the Obama White House says the war on ISIS is legally permissible without explicit authorization from Congress, because it's covered by the 2001 Authorization of Use of Military Force (AUMF) -- which Obama wanted to repeal as recently as last year.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 15, 2014 1:04 PM
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