| SpokenTruth said: A couple of problems regarding this whole issue. 1). No Congressional input. As part of the government checks and balances system, only Congress is supposed to authorize war. They were not only not involved in the decision to carry out this attack but were kept unaware of it.....except for a few (see below). |
Congress has been useless when it comes to keeping presidents in checks. Bush, Obama and now Trump have turned the entire world into a battlefield using drones outside the context of armed conflicts, which violates international law. One can argue that drone attacks have been worse than armed conflicts due to the shocking disregard for civilians and the fact that they take place outside of war zones. Lack of congressional engagement has become the norm when it comes to acts of war.
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