'Int'l Permission,' Not Congress, As 'Legal Basis' For Action In Syria.

[myrobbins7]

Obama Admin Cites 'Int'l Permission,' Not Congress, As 'Legal Basis' For Action In Syria - YouTube

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[YorkVol]

Since when did we need anyone else's permission to do what is in our national interest? Not saying taking action in Syria is in our national interest, but if it was I wouldn't care what the rest of the world said we could do.

 

[bamawriter]

Too bad the Constitution doesn't have a provision for "international permission."

 

[utvolpj]

it's what happens when you care more about int'l perception than our own interests. Isn't his boss a constitutional scholar? Maybe they should get together for a quick lunch and learn session

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

We do not want anything to do with Syria. It would end poorly for all involved.

 

[volinbham]

I'm really stunned at what I heard - particularly the "we'll get int'l permission then we'll come tell Congress and maybe seek their permission".

I get that he is saying the POTUS can act without Congress but the disconnect is why would the POTUS need int'l permission and who is authorized to grant it? The POTUS authority comes from the Constitution. The int'l community cannot authorize the US to take military action just as we cannot authorize another sovereign country to do so.

 

[MG1968]

Ramsey Clarke and his goons at International ANSWER have remained strangely silent for the last 3+ years.

 

[tim]

Does this REALLY surprise anyone?

 

[gsvol]

We should start referring to the White House as the Kremlin House until Obama can be voted out of office.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's testimony asserting that the United Nations and NATO have supreme authority over the actions of the United States military, words which effectively declare Congress a ceremonial relic, have prompted Congressman Walter Jones to introduce a resolution that re-affirms such behavior as an "impeachable high crime and misdemeanor" under the Constitution.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday, Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey brazenly admitted that their authority comes not from the U.S. Constitution, but that the United States is subservient to and takes its marching orders from the United Nations and NATO, international bodies over which the American people have no democratic influence.

High Treason: Obama and Pentagon Declare Congress Invalid 2012 - YouTube