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To be fair, Obama didn't start a new war.
by maxlamb 7y ago
To be fair, Obama didn't start a new war.
- ben509 7y agoOnly Congress can start a war, so Obama technically merely extended an existing war.
- chapium 7y agoThis technicality really shouldn't be brought up. War is war and several presidents have taken military action without a formal declaration of war in congress.
- astine 7y agoOnly Congress can declare war. Just about anybody with authority in the military can start one. Regardless, Congress has effectively abnegated its authority to the president through the war powers resolution.
- djohnston 7y agohe did normalize CIA drone attacks, which required no declarations, no trials, no reporting, until he made reporting mandatory in 2016 (heh)
- xeeeeeeeeeeenu 7y agoWhat about Libya? While France was the one that started it, he was responsible for the US joining it.
- Mikeb85 7y agoNo, just helped overthrow governments in the middle east that led to the rise of the Islamic State that started a few wars...