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If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on, it's the notion that President Obama's proposal for defeating the Islamic State is as effective as his three-point shot or his plan for keeping Crimea from annexing with Russia.
Both parties said that his ideas do not go far enough and that limiting the military force to three years is not appropriate.
Why not tell your opponent that you plan to only go three rounds then you're giving up? Oh, and that you're only going to throw right hooks and no uppercuts, just in case he was wondering.
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) is the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee and even he said that this plan is "not appropriate." He added, "We don't want to send a signal to the world that we're there for just so many years. Unfortunately, this battle is going to take a long time . . . I think we'd be better off with a resolution without a specific time limit."
Ya think?
Obama's draft proposal that our so-called Commander in Chief submitted to Congress last week calls for limited use of U.S. ground troops (just right hooks) and no geographical limits on going after these idiots.
If Congress foolishly approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), it would repeal Bush's AUMF of 2002 in the Iraq war. Those were the days when AUMF's were AUMFs.
Obama, for the first time in his adult life, is asking for Congress to restrict his ability to make unilateral decisions in this fight. I suspect he is doing this in order to be able to have plausible excuses that the stuff that hit the proverbial fan is not his fault--blame it on Congress.
So, it's clear that every single decision this so-called president makes is political and taking the needs of the country is secondary. Senator John McCain (RINO-AZ) spoke on "Meet the Press" and said the president should have broad authority and that Congress restricting him might be unconstitutional.
"You have to have a stabilizing force," McCain said. "You're going to also have to have American boots on the ground." He then explained that this does not mean the number of troops on the ground must be massive, but they must be effective. He wants Congress to debate the issue regarding the president going to Congress for permission to be president.
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Both parties said that his ideas do not go far enough and that limiting the military force to three years is not appropriate.
Why not tell your opponent that you plan to only go three rounds then you're giving up? Oh, and that you're only going to throw right hooks and no uppercuts, just in case he was wondering.
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) is the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee and even he said that this plan is "not appropriate." He added, "We don't want to send a signal to the world that we're there for just so many years. Unfortunately, this battle is going to take a long time . . . I think we'd be better off with a resolution without a specific time limit."
Ya think?
Obama's draft proposal that our so-called Commander in Chief submitted to Congress last week calls for limited use of U.S. ground troops (just right hooks) and no geographical limits on going after these idiots.
If Congress foolishly approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), it would repeal Bush's AUMF of 2002 in the Iraq war. Those were the days when AUMF's were AUMFs.
Obama, for the first time in his adult life, is asking for Congress to restrict his ability to make unilateral decisions in this fight. I suspect he is doing this in order to be able to have plausible excuses that the stuff that hit the proverbial fan is not his fault--blame it on Congress.So, it's clear that every single decision this so-called president makes is political and taking the needs of the country is secondary. Senator John McCain (RINO-AZ) spoke on "Meet the Press" and said the president should have broad authority and that Congress restricting him might be unconstitutional.
"You have to have a stabilizing force," McCain said. "You're going to also have to have American boots on the ground." He then explained that this does not mean the number of troops on the ground must be massive, but they must be effective. He wants Congress to debate the issue regarding the president going to Congress for permission to be president.
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