{"id":2845,"date":"2014-09-12T15:56:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T22:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2014-09-12T15:56:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T22:56:47","slug":"war-of-the-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=2845","title":{"rendered":"WAR OF THE WORDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Obama has blundered his way into a serious constitutional crisis.\u00a0 He has played one too many word games and this time he could have made a critical unforced error.\u00a0 Congress is not about to give Obama a blank check to wage war.\u00a0 They are also not about to deny Obama the funds to bomb the crap out of ISIS.\u00a0 Obama jumped into the ambiguity with both feet.\u00a0 He forgot something really important:\u00a0 \u201cOnly congress can declare war.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

His disastrous speech Wednesday was bad enough. Most people interpreted that as saying we were at war with ISIL, which is precisely what Obama intended.\u00a0 \u00a0Then John Kerry shot off his mouth saying we aren\u2019t actually at war.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe what we\u2019re engaged in is not a full-fledged war like we were in before.\u00a0 It\u2019s a heightened level of counterterrorism campaign, and it will have its own pace, its own dymanic, but it\u2019s counterterrorism.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

That confused just about everyone, so today Presidential spokesman Josh Earnest said that:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. is at war with ISIL in the same way the U.S. is at war with al Qaeda.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rear Admiral John Kirby said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not the Iraq war of 2002, but make no mistake we know we are at war with ISIL, in the same way we are and war and continue to be at war with al Qaeda and its affiliates.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The problem is that George W. Bush asked for and received congressional authorization to wage war against al Qaeda.\u00a0 That legislation is very specific and it most definitely did not include ISIL or ISIS.\u00a0 Obama didn\u2019t even bother to get some lawyer to pretend he has this authority.\u00a0 He just decided we are sort of at war and he didn\u2019t think it necessary to consult congress.<\/p>\n

Some in the liberal left are trying, desperately, to blame Republicans for not stepping up to the plate and declaring war.\u00a0 Following is from the New York Times:<\/p>\n

The cowardice in Congress, never to be underestimated, is outrageous. Some lawmakers have made it known that they would rather not face a war authorization vote shortly before midterm elections, saying they\u2019d rather sit on the fence for a while to see whether an expanded military campaign starts looking like a success story or a debacle. By avoiding responsibility, they allow President Obama free rein to set a dangerous precedent that will last well past this particular military campaign.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Obama, who has spent much of his presidency seeking to wean the United States off a perpetual state of war, is now putting forward unjustifiable interpretations of the executive branch\u2019s authority to use military force without explicit approval from Congress.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The New York Times is making a desperate attempt to blame congress for not protecting Obama from himself.\u00a0 That is absurd.\u00a0 Congress has no duty or authority to take over the role of Commander in Chief from the President.\u00a0 For better or worse, in this case worse, Obama is President of the United States.\u00a0 If he asks congress for authority, they have a right and a duty to react responsibly to that request.\u00a0 Congress cannot and should not just declare war because Obama is too stupid to ask.\u00a0 They also should not authorize military action not requested by the President.<\/p>\n

Republicans realize that Obama is self-destructing and is taking the Democratic Party down with him.\u00a0 They will vote to give him the funds to bomb ISIS\/ISIL and perhaps to arm the Syrian rebels, but other than that they will just get out of the way.\u00a0 There is an old rule in politics that says when your opponent is self-destructing don\u2019t get in the way.\u00a0 That has never been truer than now.<\/p>\n

We are in uncharted waters.\u00a0 No President in our nation\u2019s history has been this stupid.\u00a0 It almost seems as though Obama is daring Republicans to impeach him in the hope that Republicans would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.\u00a0 But Republicans are not going to do anything.\u00a0 ISIS\/ISIL is not exactly an imminent threat.\u00a0 The bombing already being conducted by Obama will slow them down long enough to get past the election.\u00a0 There is little incentive for Republicans to deal with this right now.<\/p>\n

Almost anything is possible.\u00a0 Democrats are probably in panic mode.\u00a0 This is approaching the worst case scenario for them.\u00a0 The New York Times editorial is hard to ignore. Both Democrats and Republicans realize that Obama is a serious problem.\u00a0 Neither has a clue on what to do about it.<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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