GW Bush, Obama, and Biden all used a specific interpretation of a law called “2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force” to commit strikes on other countries without congressional approval, which is exactly the precedent Trump is trying to use here. Congress in truth likes this so they can do things like this and pretend to be upset about war instead of having to defend their yes votes for it, as many of their donors would require of them. If they really wanted to do something about this it boggles my mind that in the 25 years since that law, they’ve never rallied specifically around repealing or re-interpreting it and have scarcely even called attention to it.
The only notable challenge was a few republicans during the Biden administration and I’ll give everyone reading along at home one guess on how serious they were about repealing it. Haven’t heard a peep from them since their party won all three branches of government. Feels like it’s all just one big show.
Congress in truth likes this so they can do things like this and pretend to be upset about war instead of having to defend their yes votes for it, as many of their donors would require of them.
This seems to be the play here. Act coy and do nothing.
GW Bush, Obama, and Biden all used a specific interpretation of a law called “2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force” to commit strikes on other countries without congressional approval, which is exactly the precedent Trump is trying to use here. Congress in truth likes this so they can do things like this and pretend to be upset about war instead of having to defend their yes votes for it, as many of their donors would require of them. If they really wanted to do something about this it boggles my mind that in the 25 years since that law, they’ve never rallied specifically around repealing or re-interpreting it and have scarcely even called attention to it.
“Today, the full list of actors the U.S. military is fighting or believes itself authorized to fight under the 2001 AUMF is classified.”
Multiple decades of absolutely clownshoes governance, love to be in the land of the free /s
The only notable challenge was a few republicans during the Biden administration and I’ll give everyone reading along at home one guess on how serious they were about repealing it. Haven’t heard a peep from them since their party won all three branches of government. Feels like it’s all just one big show.
🌎👨🚀🔫🧑🚀
This seems to be the play here. Act coy and do nothing.