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What’s the story on how this is legal? I know that “Congress declares war, not the president” has been getting increasingly theoretical, but getting an explicit
by abecedarius 9y ago
What’s the story on how this is legal? I know that “Congress declares war, not the president” has been getting increasingly theoretical, but getting an explicit justification now might matter later when the politics have changed.
- kss238 9y agoThe President can deploy military personnel for up to 90 days without congressional approval.
- manjushri 9y agoHaven't US special forces been in Syria for years now?
- helixten 9y agoYeah they are attacking ISIL part of Operation Inherent Resolve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Inherent_Resolve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Inherent_Resolve
- johnny313 9y agoThere are currently 2,000 US troops in Syria [0] [0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/11/world/middleeast/syria-military-us-russia-iran.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/11/world/middlee...
- severine 9y agoNot exactly legal: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-military-strike-on-syria-will-be-illegal https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-military-strike-on-syri... https://www.thedailybeast.com/whats-inside-trumps-secret-war-powers-memo https://www.thedailybeast.com/whats-inside-trumps-secret-war...