mrsat_98
05-23-2016, 01:32 PM
Sen. Rand Paul: We Must Restore Congressional Authority on Declaring War
Sen. Rand Paul
May 23, 2016
'One generation cannot bind another generation to perpetual war'
This president has now been at war longer than any other in history. That must end.
“President Obama came into office seven years ago pledging to end the wars of his predecessor, George W. Bush,” the New York Times reported this month. “On May 6, with eight months left before he vacates the White House, Mr. Obama passed a somber, little-noticed milestone: He has now been at war longer than Mr. Bush, or any other American president.”
In his last months in office, you would think President Obama might be trying to wind down these seemingly never ending and growing series of wars. You would be wrong.
President Obama said he was ending the War in Afghanistan, but he had to expand it before he could end it; and yet it has not ended. Together Bush and Obama have now spent more than $100 billion on nation-building in Afghanistan, and still many doubt the ability of the Afghan government to stand on its own two feet.
While our bridges crumble here at home, President Obama continues the cycle of bombing and then replacing their infrastructure.
He brags of ending the Iraq war, but the war there hasn’t ended. The enemy has just changed names. Combat troops have slowly grown.
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read more:
http://time.com/4345172/rand-paul-congress-war-amendment/
Sen. Rand Paul
May 23, 2016
'One generation cannot bind another generation to perpetual war'
This president has now been at war longer than any other in history. That must end.
“President Obama came into office seven years ago pledging to end the wars of his predecessor, George W. Bush,” the New York Times reported this month. “On May 6, with eight months left before he vacates the White House, Mr. Obama passed a somber, little-noticed milestone: He has now been at war longer than Mr. Bush, or any other American president.”
In his last months in office, you would think President Obama might be trying to wind down these seemingly never ending and growing series of wars. You would be wrong.
President Obama said he was ending the War in Afghanistan, but he had to expand it before he could end it; and yet it has not ended. Together Bush and Obama have now spent more than $100 billion on nation-building in Afghanistan, and still many doubt the ability of the Afghan government to stand on its own two feet.
While our bridges crumble here at home, President Obama continues the cycle of bombing and then replacing their infrastructure.
He brags of ending the Iraq war, but the war there hasn’t ended. The enemy has just changed names. Combat troops have slowly grown.
...
read more:
http://time.com/4345172/rand-paul-congress-war-amendment/