"The President 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."
And then we have this gem from this weekend:
"I am deeply aware of the risks of any military action, no matter what limits we place on it. I want the American people to know that the use of force is not our first choice and it’s not a choice that I make lightly. But we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people that there will be no mercy, and his forces step up their assaults on cities like Benghazi and Misurata, where innocent men and women face brutality and death at the hands of their own government."
The level of hypocrisy here is a bit much for me to take in. In the first case, you've got an about face you can believe in. But the second quote causes a cynical laugh and a head shake, because the United States of America in general and Mr. Obama specifically stand by and do nothing while the tyrannical government in Iran crushes (again and again, day after day) dissenters under its heel and murders women and children in the street.
Do we now pick and choose when the President must obey the Constitution? The scary thing is...in my 29 years of life I cannot remember a single instance where a President even pretended like he needed permission to do anything.
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