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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReid Backs Efforts to Unravel 9-11 AUMF - instrument of the unbridled WH 'War(s) on Terror'
Jacob Fischler @ItsFischy 10mHarry Reid Backs Reexamination Of Post-9/11 Military Authorization Law http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/harry-reid-backs-reexamination-of-authorization-of-military via @dcbigjohn & @katenocera
WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Wednesday backed bipartisan efforts to reexamine the controversial law passed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that opened the door to the ever expanding war on terror.
Its easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, but 9/11 was a very difficult time in the history of this country, said Reid, who voted for the law in 2001.
But I definitely think its something we should definitely take a look at. I think 9/11 is a long time ago, and its something that needs to be looked at again. I have no problem with that, Reid added.
We are still operating in a war declared on Sept. 14, 2001, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Wednesday during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. And both the Bush and Obama administrations have determined that that war can be carried out against members of al Qaeda, against anyone who associates with affiliates or associates of al Qaeda, no matter when those associates pop up so long as the al Qaeda or affiliated organizations have violent intentions against the U.S. or coalition partners. Thats sort of a vague phrase.
I dont think Congress passing that AUMF Sept. 14, 2001, that 13 years later wed be still engaged in war, Kaine added . . .
read: http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/harry-reid-backs-reexamination-of-authorization-of-military
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Reid Backs Efforts to Unravel 9-11 AUMF - instrument of the unbridled WH 'War(s) on Terror' (Original Post)
bigtree
May 2014
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villager
(26,001 posts)1. Fucking gutless assholes... they were willingly shredding the Constitution
... and no one from "either" party is ever going to really put it back together..
bigtree
(85,998 posts)2. Congress knows how much sway the WH has in initiating military action
. . . and they're still reluctant to take that authority back; 'gutless' as you say, and loath to wield the responsibly the War Powers Act intended them to assume; instead, opting for the illusion of clean hands as any support or opposition they may hold is made moot by their reflexive approval of each and every defense budget that furthers the Executive ambitions to war. They're perfectly happy letting the president take the heat for their almost automatic acquiescence to military action.