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13. Bill Press9/3:It was a brilliant move. And the right move to make – legally, morally and politically

It was one of the biggest surprises pulled off by any president.

The entire nation tuned in on Saturday afternoon to hear President Obama announce his plans to bomb Syria in retaliation for Bashar al Assad’s use of chemical weapons. Instead, we heard the president say he had made his decision to launch a military strike against Syria – but he wouldn’t do so until Congress had a chance to debate it and vote up or down.

It was a brilliant move. And the right move to make – legally, morally, and politically.

Legally, as constitutional scholar Barack Obama himself has argued, no president has the authority to take our nation to war without the support of Congress.

Morally, we don’t want any president making that unilateral decision. Unlike Syria, we are not a dictatorship.

And politically, Obama puts Congress to the test. They demanded a chance to vote. Now they’ve got it. They say they’re tough on national security. Now they have a chance to prove it.

Members of Congress are now like a dog who finally caught the car. They don’t know what the hell to do. But, whatever decision they make, President Obama did the right thing in calling for their vote.

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