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Obama bombed a lot of countries with no act of congress: Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Syria, etc. I don’t know the legality but plenty of precedent besides
by GuardianCaveman 1y ago
Obama bombed a lot of countries with no act of congress: Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Syria, etc. I don’t know the legality but plenty of precedent besides him.
- ignoramous 1y ago> Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Syria ... Interesting. Bombing Muslim-majority countries seems to be accepted exception?
- kristjansson 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Milit...
- jopsen 1y ago2001 seems like a long time ago, is that really the legal helmet here?
- kristjansson 1y agoI don't know if the current administration has articulated a legal basis for the Iran strike. I was only pointing out that the earlier strikes mentioned did have (a gesture toward) congressional authorization.
- rocqua 1y agoOnly a minor difference, but from what I know, those strikes were not against government targets?