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   From: Loretta.Fuddy@killed.by.obama.barackobama.com   
      
   In article    
   Joe Cooper  wrote:   
   >   
   > In his address to the nation Wednesday night about how the United States   
   > is going to handle the growing ISIS threat, President Obama announced new   
   > airstrikes in Syria and called on Congress to give "input," but didn't   
   > ask for their authorization. Why? Apparently President Obama thinks he   
   > can use the authorization given to President George W. Bush in 2001 to go   
   > after al Qaeda. Legally, that move isn't panning out. Al Eli Lake over at   
   > the Daily Beast writes, Obama's latest war is probably illegal:   
   >   
   > [Daily Beast]   
   >   
   > Obama’s using the law that authorized attacks against al Qaeda to justify   
   > his new fight in Syria and Iraq. One small problem: ISIS and al Qaeda are   
   > at each others’ throats. Legal experts were shocked to learn Wednesday   
   > that the Obama administration wants to rely on that 2001 Authorization   
   > for Use of Military Force against al Qaeda for the new ISIS war.   
   >   
   > “On its face this is an implausible argument because the 2001 AUMF   
   > requires a nexus to al Qaeda or associated forces of al Qaeda fighting   
   > the United States,” said Robert Chesney, a professor at the University of   
   > Texas School of Law. “Since ISIS broke up with al Qaeda it’s hard to make   
   > that argument.”   
   >   
   > Ideally, when beginning a new war like Obama is doing now, the president   
   > would ask Congress to declare it.   
   >   
   > [/Daily Beast]   
   >   
   > As a reminder, President Obama campaigned on asking Congress for war   
   > authorization back in 2008. My how things have changed.   
   >   
   > Yesterday Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States isn't "at   
   > war" with ISIS but instead has launched a "counterterrorism" operation   
   > against the army. The White House echoed that statement. The   
   > administration won't admit Obama is starting a war for two reasons. The   
   > first is political in that it upset Obama's far left base. The second is   
   > that declaring war would require Obama to ask Congress for authorization,   
   > which in return would require the President to come up with a coherent   
   > strategy and be accountable to lawmakers for implementing that strategy   
   > as planned and promised. Obama doesn't want to answer to anyone, but   
   > especially Congress.   
   >   
   > Source: http://bit.ly/1rTF7l1   
   > Remember in November - This election is our first referendum on amnesty.   
      
   Nothing is illegal when a democrat decides to do it.  Even   
   murdering John F. Kennedy was legal.  See LBJ.   
      
   > --   
   > "Apparently, the leading cause of hard drive failures is subpoenas.”   
   > (Clarice Feldman)   
   >   
   > "Never underestimate the willingness of white progressives to be offended   
   > on behalf of people who aren’t and to impose their will on those who   
   > didn’t ask for it."  (Derek Hunter)   
   >   
   > "If the Democrats didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any   
   > standards all." (Chuck Lehmann)   
      
       
      
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