Technically unless Congress gave him the authority, he has to go to congress for permission. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution, gives Congress the power to declare war, in the following wording:
[The Congress shall have Power...] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:06 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > How do you think he messed up? > > Personally I think he fecked up when he issued his "line in the sand". He > shouldn't have made that statement without being 100% prepared to launch > missiles without Congressional approval immediately upon getting proof that > Syria had violated that line. > > I still wouldn't have approved of it, but at least he would have been > consistent in giving his word, and then backing it up decisively. > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In reality Obama messed up and he needs someone to take responsibility. > > Man I miss the days when we had a leader. > > > > . > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:39 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:21 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey < > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > What's interesting is that there are many Republicans and Democrats > > that > > > > are against any action. > > > > > > > > Also, don't think that there isn't some political calculus behind > > Boehner > > > > and Cantor backing the President on this. If Congress (regardless of > > how > > > > the vote falls) doesn't back the President it becomes another point > > where > > > > Obama can go to the mic and say, "I tried to do something but the > > > > Republicans wouldn't work with me." > > > > > > > > > > Not sure this explanation holds. Republicans have blocked all kinds of > > > shit, and haven't cared one iota about the prez saying so. They just > > don't > > > care. So why do they now suddenly care??? > > > > > > Perhaps Republicans simply like to bomb things even more than they like > > to > > > disagree with Democratic presidents :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366866 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
