Friday, March 5, 2021

Biden could be stripped of war powers as senators look to rein him in after Syria airstrike - as they claim president's ability to launch military attacks leaves the US on a 'permanent war footing'

 Joe Biden could be stripped of war powers after a bipartisan bill was introduced by senators on Wednesday 

Senators Tim Kaine and Todd Young are calling for the repeal of 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force 

The authorizations allow for the use of military force by a US president that have been used to justify years of attacks in the Middle East 

Kaine says they leave the country on a 'permanent war footing'

It comes as Biden is accused of using the authorizations to 'stretch his war powers' after an airstrike in Syria last week

The president was criticized for failing to consult Congress before the strike

Daily Mail

Biden could be stripped of war powers as senators look to rein him in after Syria airstrike - as they claim president's ability to launch military attacks leaves the US on a 'permanent war footing'

3 comments:

Peter Pan said...

Not over Lindsey Graham's dead body will that happen.

Matt Franko said...

“Born again!” Bush Doctrine continues... 20 years now...

Should have just killed them all and moved on from oil a long time ago....

Ryan Harris said...

The NDAA received nearly unanimous support. Defense spending is the only uncontroversial thing that the congress does. Truly preposterous and laughable that they would do anything to curtail Biden bombing brown people. My.god, Biden even scuttled the EO that would have reduced drug costs by 30% and not a peep from a single member of congress publicly. That is the entire Democratic party platform: be mb brown people and mock your voters. Thanks for the article, Kaivey, that was great chuckles.