• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Merely an overly large check. There are limits, and we need the executive branch to be able to respond to urgent threats - the War Powers Act seems to do that.

    the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which further requires that presidents not only report to Congress within 48 hours when they deploy U.S. armed forces into hostilities without congressional authorization but also end U.S. participation in those hostilities within 60 to 90 days if Congress does not authorize it after the fact.

    Then people here are complaining about A U Military Force but I only see such a thing specifying Iraq. Iraq can’t be pulled into every possibility yeah, I agree Congress needs to get its shit together and constrain or repeal - the Iraq conflict that was created for is done.

    Meanwhile, the response to the Houthi terrorism/piracy seems exactly what these regulations provide for

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        10 months ago

        And the “terrorism” one is actually textually targeted at the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks. It’s not even itself overly broad, it’s just been twisted into a global war on terror because the executives want to do that and no one stopped them.

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          10 months ago

          It’s not even itself overly broad, it’s just been twisted into a global war on terror because the executives want to do that and no one stopped them.

          Yes, therein lies the problem. It was a stupid mistake to make and those that voted for it should have known better.