WHEN BARACK Obama was running for president, he answered a questionnaire from this newspaper on the issues regarding the president’s legal standing to use military force. “The president,” said Obama, “does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation . . . History has shown us time and again, however, that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the legislative branch.” There is perhaps no issue where the gap between the rhetoric of candidate Obama and his actions as president have been so vast. Since becoming president, Obama has not actively sought nor received new congressional authorization for employing America’s military around the world — and in the current fight with the Islamic State, he’s breaking new and dangerous ground in expanding the president’s power to wage war.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:09:36 +0000
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