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Patrick J. Buchanan tells Newsmax if President Obama decides to attack Syria without Congressional authorization, he would be engaging in "what would clearly be an impeachable act."
"The key figure is Speaker of the House John Boehner, who should call the House of Representatives back into session on Monday and instruct the president directly: Mr. President, you have no authority and no right to launch acts of war against Syria against whom we have not declared or authorized any war. We are calling on you not to engage in what would clearly be an impeachable act starting a war against a country without the approval of the Congress when you are asked directly not to do so," Buchanan, a former presidential candidate, told Newsmax on Thursday.
"If the president launched an unnecessary and unconstitutional war, striking a country against whom we have not declared war and has not attacked us, that is de facto an impeachable act that could lead to an open-ended war, the consequences of which we cannot even see," the political commentator and author also said.
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**When you wish upon a star " should have been played when he made this statement.lol**
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Pat Buchanan? THE Pat Buchanan?
God, is he still alive?
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)spanone
(135,774 posts)"If the president launched an unnecessary and unconstitutional war, striking a country against whom we have not declared war and has not attacked us, that is de facto an impeachable act that could lead to an open-ended war, the consequences of which we cannot even see," the political commentator and author also said.
gopiscrap
(23,725 posts)gopiscrap
(23,725 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)that one?
PCIntern
(25,466 posts)he never met a Nazi War Criminal he didn't love to death.
gopiscrap
(23,725 posts)he's lucky he didn't have to sit his ass in a jail cell for awhile....lying sack of shit that he is!
reformist2
(9,841 posts)This is what politics is all about - forcing groups that hate each other to work together on the issues they agree on. LOL
David__77
(23,311 posts)Buchanan opposed that fiasco as well.
As always, activists on the left have to be vigilant with those right-wingers even when tactically engaging them.
leftstreet
(36,097 posts)BOG PERSON
(2,916 posts)n/t