Republicans introduce bills authorizing military force against ISIS

[DonViejo]

Source: International Business Times



15 MAR 2017 AT 16:43 ET

The U.S. military has been battling the Islamic State In Iraq and Syria since 2014, but it's been waging its war against the terror group on the basis of congressional authorization given in 2001 and 2002, before the ISIS even existed. Republican lawmakers were seeking to change that by introducing bills that would give President Donald Trump the authority to explicitly wage war on ISIS.

On Wednesday, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced legislation that would create a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIS and repeal current AUMFs passed after Sept. 11, 2001. The House bill uses the same language as a companion bill Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) introduced in the Senate last week.

Link to tweet

"The Constitution grants Congress the power of declaring war, and we need to take that obligation seriously," Rep. Banks said in a statement. "Rather than continuing to fight ISIS under an authorization passed by Congress in 2001 to fight al-Qaeda, it is time to pass a new authorization for the use of military force against ISIS. Congress should take a fresh look at the scourge of ISIS and evaluate the best strategy to defeat these radical extremists."

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/republicans-introduce-bills-authorizing-military-force-against-isis/

[global1]

1. Trump And The Repugs Want To Start A War So...

they can build bombers in the manufacturing plants in Michigan. Isn't that what Trump was hinting to today?

He wants to put people back to work.

[jpak]

2. No Trump kids will be going to fight.

Maybe after - to pick up some good real estate cheap.

[doc03]

3. Didn't Obama ask the Congress for authorization of military force against ISIS and they

wouldn't even bring it up for vote?

[wishstar]

4. Yes, Obama asked for authorization against ISIS in every State of Union address for several years

But Repubs would not authorize him officially to do more, because they wanted to continue undermining him and claiming he wasn't aggressive enough

[nikibatts]

12. Just can't trust the black guy with that kind of authority. Better to give it to a crazed idiot.

[Historic NY]

5. Democrats should just sit back and watch this explode bigly.

[louis-t]

6. What kind of fucking idiots.....

[iluvtennis]

7. Idiots....putting our troops out on the killing fields for NOTHING

[LakeArenal]

8. Meanwhile the headlines are about tax returns....

[Equinox Moon]

9. I seem to remember reading something about congress declaring war...

If they declare war, it removes the control from the executive branch and involves congress.

[Red Mountain]

10. Hell Yeh!

That'll show 'em we mean business.

[Solly Mack]

11. ...

The troops are already being put into place...a little at a time. 300 here, a 1000 there, a few hundred others, and then a few hundred more.

Look for build up in Kuwait and Iraq. Both staging with Iraq also being active.

[Blue Idaho]

13. I'll bet Trump has already been fitted

For his new General uniform - complete with Purple Heart.