Senate committee votes for new war powers

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By DEB RIECHMANN

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted to authorize President Barack Obama's war against the Islamic State.

It was Congress' first vote to explicitly authorize the U.S. war against IS. The vote Thursday was 10-8.

In the U.S. battle against the Islamic militants, Obama has been relying on congressional authorizations that former President George W. Bush used to justify military action after 9/11.

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[cosmicone]

1. Good n/t

[lark]

2. Of course they did!

Those millionaires are ALWAYS in favor of any war and every war, that's what makes so much $$ for the 1% and by extension for them. That's the only thing they really care about, all the rest is smoke and mirrors.

[jwirr]

3. 10-8 who voted for what and does this now have to go to the floor?

[turbinetree]

4. Re- Instate The draft

Re-instate the draft and see if they would have sponsored this crap, and see if the public has the means to know and feel that everyone in there families is subject to harm and death and on the "same" page as everyone and its equality.

[sdfernando]

6. Doesn't matter

Congress's kids and rich kids always get cushy state-side postings or deferments (right DICK???).

[Lugano]

9. The chickenhawks family gets to go first..

then the extremely wealthy kids....

dead last: the poor kids.....

[TheNutcracker]

5. expanding wars is sure troubling considering what was said on the campaign trails...

[L0oniX]

7. Yeah ...send what remains of our troops off to war ...and then hand the mess to the repukes?

Dems (some) will own it! I'll probably change to (Ind) since this party also doesn't give a damn about peace.

[Derek V]

8. "The Chair recognizes the Senator from Lockheed-Martin."