Kerry Makes It Clear: Obama Wants Authority to Deploy Ground Troops in Iraq and Syria
by Sarah Lazare
"The 2001 AUMF has been stretched well beyond what Congress intended, and there is no reason to believe the 2015 AUMF will not as well." —Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law.But, as usual, for know-nothing Democrats -- as bad as the know-nothing Republicans they love to decry -- Obama can do no wrong.
I used to say, back when Bush was president, that, for the Republican faithful, he would have to personally go up in a plane, bomb American cities, deny it, and still his supporters wouldn't shake their faith in him. They would find a way to make excuses. Well, the same is true for party Democrats now.
The overwhelming sentiment of voters in this country is: "It's all okay, as long as my guy is doing it."
And then we have the spectacle of former anti-war activist John Kerry leading the charge! The hypocrisy of this country is off the charts.
