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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

EAGLE RISING: Republicans Preparing to Give Obama Free Rein Over the Military Abroad and at Home!?

By Tim Brown / 9 February 2016

It's about to get real friends! In a stunning move at the end of January, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed through a bill that claims to "authorize the use of United States Armed Forces [AUMF] against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and its associated forces." The problem is that the bill is not only unconstitutional (not a declaration of war), but is also open-ended, not restricting where those forces can be used. As usual, they are covering what they are doing by advancing the idea that it is an effort to defeat Islamic terrorists.

According to the bill, the Congress "Authorizes the President to use all necessary and appropriate force to defend U.S. national security against the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), its associated forces, organizations, and persons, and any successor organizations."