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maninblack

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  1. Saudi Crown Prince travel schedule:

    Theresa May: March 8th

    Trump: March 20th

    Macron: April 8th

    Joint strikes against Syria: April 13th

    hmmmmm

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  2. Article II gives the president authority to conduct acts in the defense of national security  interests without Congressional authority. That has been interpreted to mean he can conduct limited military exercises in defense of national security at his discretion. That's been stated every time this type of action occurs.  It's been, and may be being abused right now.

    Justin Amash addressed this in a series of tweets...

    Read the War Powers Resolution:

    §1541© Presidential executive power as Commander-in-Chief; limitation

    The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.

    Read (1), (2), and (3) carefully. Is there any suggestion that the president can take *offensive* military action without congressional approval? No. The only situation in which he may dispense with congressional approval is to *defend* against a sudden attack on our country.

    Why then do some people say the president always has 60-90 days before needing approval? It probably stems, in most cases, from a misreading of (or failure to read in part or entirety) the War Powers Resolution.

    The War Powers Resolution does provide a 60-90 day timeline, but that’s to account for situations implicating §1541©(3), “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.”

    If there is an attack on our country, we expect the president to respond swiftly. The War Powers Resolution therefore gives him 60-90 days. The Framers of the Constitution agreed that the president should have the “power to repel sudden attacks” without congressional approval.

    The War Powers Resolution does not confer any new authority on the president to take offensive military action without congressional approval (nor could it). It instead checks the president when he enters our Armed Forces into hostilities for constitutionally permissible reasons.
  3. i enjoyed the bombing and hopes Trump does it every single time gas is used on civilians. I'd also like Israel to get pissed off at something and take out the Assad regime in 2 hours, which they could do easily. 

    We will teach the world our peaceful ways....by force!
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