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Originally Posted by Ferd
IC in no way reflects on WPR. period. I wont get into IC here. suffice it to say, there was not enough to convict RR on the issue. Nothing else really matters.
As for Grenada, pretext was all that was needed.
The WPR specifically spells out when and how a presdient can act prior to statutory authority from Congress. In fact that is what the WPR is all about.
Please see from my post § 1541 (C)(3):
The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to
(3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
This has been interpreted as any American or American territory being attacked or in a position to be attacked. That is the precident. This is what Obama lacked.
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Not sure how Grenada fit any of that pretext.
Not sure how Libya does right now either.
Neither presented national emergencies, created by attack on US territories or armed forces. I very much am not supportive of intervention strategies without the consent of Congress. WPR was not created to give the President more power, it was created to limit the CIC power -- it was a reaction to the Vietnam Conflict.
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