Expanded war powers:
history repeats itself
Echoes of the 1930s are
reverberating through Congress today because President Obama made a request for
expansive war powers. http://www.news9.com/story/28067347/obama-to-send-his-new-war-powers-request-to-capitol-hill
Memories of Americans may be shallow yet 82 years ago a request for expanded
powers came from a little known leader in Germany. Under the Enabling Act the
German leader was granted plenary powers. Invested Hitler was the ability to make
laws by-passing the Reichstag, the German equivalent of Congress. Obama has
already usurped Congressional authority with unconstitutional Executive Orders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933
If Obama’s requested authorization is enacted there would be no geographical,
political or technical boundaries which would be off limits to him. Many of the
President’s requests to Congress have been to expand his authority at the
expense of Civil Liberties. Most recently the FCC has proposed wide ranging
controls on an internet that is now free to all users. Once his war powers
request is enacted Obama could make the case to shut down the media, bring more
foreigners to American soil and even reconfigure the economy. History is
fraught with examples.
President Obama’s
inability to conduct foreign affairs, on a level befitting an American head of
state, is evident across a wide range of actions he initiated. In each case his
mismanagement was so gross the outcomes were exponentially worse than anyone
expected. From the Arab Spring to the assault on Americans in Benghazi Obama
has clearly demonstrated a profound ineptitude to protect this country’s
interests abroad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring
Further, he has displayed a propensity to side
with groups whose ambitions are not in the best interests of the United States.
Handing a person, such as described here, expansive war powers can be deleterious
to a nation that has fallen behind the rest of the international community in
power and prestige. Americans have forgotten their history from a few
generations ago. Present day America is not the country millions have fought
and died for. President Obama’s war powers should be restricted allowing those whose
countries have been invaded to fight their own battles. Open ended conflict, as
Obama proposes, may be the ticket he has been looking for to further decimate
the rights of Americans. Perhaps one person in Congress will have the wherewithal
to question Obama’s true motives, as many in the conservative media already
have.
Mark Davis MD, President
of Davis Writing Services, www.daviswritingservices.com
platomd@gmail.com Author of Demons of
Democracy and Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.
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