Congressional authorization required for Obama to rescue an American POW, but none for bombing?

[Fred Sanders]

WTF is wrong with that picture? The outrage over Obama not playing nice with Congress before rescuing Bergdahl, versus sweet sounds of soothing approval for bombing and killing in another country? No permission necessary, bombs away.

Same picture where the military budget passes like a bowel movement after an overdose of Ex-Lax, but raising the minimum wage or extending EI or health school lunches or gun background checks gets chronically constipated, I guess.

[Lochloosa]

1. The authorization for Bush is still in effect.

[Fred Sanders]

2. I am being critical of the hypocrisy, and concerned about what you say still exists for still for

no good reason......bypassing debate on possible war is anti- democratic.

[Lil Missy]

3. He already has permission to bomb Iraq if he so chooses. He doesn't need NEW permission. n/t

[Fred Sanders]

4. The point is no President should have this blank cheque authorization, it is a dangerous power

that one man will have with a trillion dollar a year war machine.
And if you think it is OK if Obama has it, how good are you with a President Ryan or Cruz having this power?

Sometimes standing on principals can be painful.

Senator Tim Kaine agrees with me, though the "emergency" exemption is dicey.

[Igel]

5. In perpetuity?

Text is here:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ243/pdf/PLAW-107publ243.pdf

Obama's going for a strange construction.

[freshwest]

6. Bryan Fischer said giving a medal to honor a soldier's bravery in saving another, is feminizing it.

The GOP's only use for soldiers is described by their other leader, Rush to kill people and break things. That is a profound disservice to all men.

If the RWers want to talk about men's rights they should talk about their right not to be used as pawns on a chessboard as they always have been.

The divide and conquer technique is so effective, RWers fall for it everytime and blame the women for their troubles.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Soldiers were always pawns to be seen by the masses as cold stone killers in battle, robots

and pawns, sissies when brought back home.

[freshwest]

8. No wonder they're ignored; they should have died with their boots on in battle to save money!

This entire way of looking at things needs to go. I don't care what they call the soldiers, especially when those who profit don't do any of the fighting and dying.