A piece on infowars reminds us that the Obama administration’s rationale for not seeking a declaration of war is that Congress already provided a green light for airstrikes by what it authorized 13 years ago…a highly suspect legal basis that critics claim is outdated and irrelevant. …the Obama administration’s legal justification for military strikes inside Syria does not come from Congress, which was not consulted, nor does it even come from the United Nations, a fall back the Obama White House used following the 2011 bombardment of Libya. Obama’s legal framework for the campaign against ISIS in Syria rests on a 2001 authorization of military force that expressly limits military action to be used against “those nations, organizations, or persons” that “planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons.” With Al-Qaeda having divorced itself from Islamic State, ISIS has no connection whatsoever to 9/11, meaning Obama’s legal basis for the attacks inside Syria is non-existent. Read more at westernjournalism/what-this-congressman-just-said-about-obamas-isis-war-is-the-question-on-many-minds/#0ClXJa2kMmClI8tv.99
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:28:30 +0000
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