As well as the War Powers act... -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:38 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Boehner, Cantor, Pelosi and Obama all agree on something
Technically unless Congress gave him the authority, he has to go to congress for permission. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution, gives Congress the power to declare war, in the following wording: [The Congress shall have Power...] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:06 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How do you think he messed up? > > Personally I think he fecked up when he issued his "line in the sand". > He shouldn't have made that statement without being 100% prepared to > launch missiles without Congressional approval immediately upon > getting proof that Syria had violated that line. > > I still wouldn't have approved of it, but at least he would have been > consistent in giving his word, and then backing it up decisively. > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > In reality Obama messed up and he needs someone to take responsibility. > > Man I miss the days when we had a leader. > > > > . > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:39 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:21 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey < > chumph...@gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > What's interesting is that there are many Republicans and > > > > Democrats > > that > > > > are against any action. > > > > > > > > Also, don't think that there isn't some political calculus > > > > behind > > Boehner > > > > and Cantor backing the President on this. If Congress > > > > (regardless of > > how > > > > the vote falls) doesn't back the President it becomes another > > > > point > > where > > > > Obama can go to the mic and say, "I tried to do something but > > > > the Republicans wouldn't work with me." > > > > > > > > > > Not sure this explanation holds. Republicans have blocked all > > > kinds of shit, and haven't cared one iota about the prez saying > > > so. They just > > don't > > > care. So why do they now suddenly care??? > > > > > > Perhaps Republicans simply like to bomb things even more than they > > > like > > to > > > disagree with Democratic presidents :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
