Obama sends Congress request for military force against IS

[ND-Dem]

President Barack Obama sent the U.S. Congress legislation Wednesday to authorize military force against Islamic State fighters, summoning lawmakers to "show the world we are united in our resolve" to defeat militants who have overrun parts of the Middle East and threaten attacks on the United States.

In urging Congress to back military force, the president ruled out "enduring offensive combat operations," a deliberately ambiguous phrase designed to satisfy lawmakers with widely different views on any role for U.S. ground troops.

There was no timetable for Congress to act on the president's request, which triggers the first war powers vote in Congress since President George W. Bush sought and won an authorization in 2002 before the U.S. invasion of Iraq.


http://news.yahoo.com/obama-hopes-finesse-controversy-over-ground-troops-070606377.html


fork - done.

[emulatorloo]

1. Yes Obama is just the same as Bush. And Fake WMD exactly like 'fake' ISIS

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"fork - done."

I know false equivalencies are quite fashionable on DU, so knock yourself out and have fun.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Wrong approach.

provide military aid, logistical and intelligence support, and air support to Syria, Iraq, Turkey. and most importantly the Kurdish quasi-state, not us military ground forces. Oh and recognize Kurdistan, enabling it to act as a state, as it would be a motivated organized and un-fucked-up force opposed to ISIS.

[emulatorloo]

3. Good approach

I'm hoping they are working along those lines as well. I'm extremely ambivalent about putting US military ground forces in there. Something's got to be done about ISIL but I am wanting to hear a really good rationale from the admin for putting our troops there