War powers act

wwestern

Amazing how all of a sudden the republicans are now worried about this. At least Obama's got McCain's support! f'ing rhino.

xmacro

War Powers Act, IMO, is probably unconstitutional; Congress has the power to declare war, not make war; the act was passed in a rush in reaction to Nixon, and wasn't thought through very well. Every President has always ignored it/never admitted they needed Congress' blessing; the fact they asked Congress first was out of deference, but no President in history has ever said the War Powers Act is actually binding on them.

If Congress ever disagree's with a President's foreign policy, they can just cut the purse strings and starve the operation.

wwestern

I'm not arguing if it's constitutional or not, just how funny it is that now that Obama's doing some democracy spreading it's an issue. Really just calling out republicans on their double standard here.

xmacro

Oh yeah, no doubt about it - Repubs that were with Bush on Iraq are suddenly shocked - SHOCKED - that Obama would go to war and have suddenly become isolationists. It really is total BS and demagoguery at its worst.

wwestern

Well I wouldn't quite say at it's worst.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGnE83A1Z4U&feature=related
Dems are now and forever will be the masters of demagoguery that is one thing I will never try to take from them lol.

Amos_Umwhat

The shoe is on the left foot, no wait the right, left, right, left-right-left-right-left-right-left...OH! We're just marching off to war again, nothing out of the ordinary.