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In reply to the discussion: Per the NY Times--no vote would be tough love for Obama, good for America [View all]whttevrr
(2,345 posts)It would be nice to get back to having elected representatives actually considering the will of the people who voted them into office.
I do not want any President to have Carte blanche in launching "kinetic military engagements." I want my country to have a deliberate and vigorous debate before we as a country commit to an act of aggression towards another country. The euphemisms suck. When you launch a missile or bomb at another country it is an act of war. And it just so happens, our Constitution has a solution for this!
Yup.
Even has a name: "The War Powers Clause" ... huh... who knew?
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11
Section 8
1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
And, the framers of our Constitution apparently never saw a semicolon they didn't love. Anyways...
Yeah... debate that shit! Engaging our military apparatus should not be a convenient solution. It should be an abject pain in the ass to accomplish.