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vienna · 08-31-13, 05:08 PM

Obama is essentially doing what the Congress whines about every time a situation like this comes up; they always (no matter which party is in control) pout and fuss about how the President (again, of either party) is taking on too much power, how he is disregarding the "will of the people" (read: the will of the party in control of Congress) and all the other standard platitudes run out on these occasions. The real truth is all Congress has to do is fully repeal/revoke the War Powers Act and, if necessary, enact further checks on assumed presidential perogatives. Simple: don't want him to go to war without your say so, just pull the rug out from under his "powers". But this will never happen. Each party wishes to reserve those assumptive powers for when their guy is in the White House...

The other reality is the ability of any present or future President to respond to any international situation without an obstructive degree of scrutiny has been severly hampered by the actions of the Bush's neo-con cronies and the Cheney "Old Guard" in regards to the whole Iraq War mess. They have done for presidential initiative what Nixon did for the ability of the American people to have faith in the operations and intents of their goverment....

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,723 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Obama is essentially doing what the Congress whines about every time a situation like this comes up; they always (no matter which party is in control) pout and fuss about how the President (again, of either party) is taking on too much power, how he is disregarding the "will of the people" (read: the will of the party in control of Congress) and all the other standard platitudes run out on these occasions. The real truth is all Congress has to do is fully repeal/revoke the War Powers Act and, if necessary, enact further checks on assumed presidential perogatives. Simple: don't want him to go to war without your say so, just pull the rug out from under his "powers". But this will never happen. Each party wishes to reserve those assumptive powers for when their guy is in the White House... The other reality is the ability of any present or future President to respond to any international situation without an obstructive degree of scrutiny has been severly hampered by the actions of the Bush's neo-con cronies and the Cheney "Old Guard" in regards to the whole Iraq War mess. They have done for presidential initiative what Nixon did for the ability of the American people to have faith in the operations and intents of their goverment.... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __ Last edited by vienna; 09-01-13 at 01:23 PM.