Top Republican presses Trump to submit war authorization

[red dog 1]

The Hill
April 19, 2017


A top House Republican is urging President Trump to submit to Congress a new use-of-force resolution governing the country's fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla) said the "sustained" nature of the U.S. military actions against ISIS demands that Congress grant the president the authority to conduct future operations against the terrorist group.
He's calling on Trump to take the first step.

"The president ought to submit on his own...a new, you know, request for the authorization and use of military force," Cole told CNN's "New Day" on Wednesday.
"We should debate it and post the approach limits, if there are, and go from there."

Trump escalated the military's involvement in the Middle East earlier this month, firing 59 missiles at an airfield controlled by the Syrian government.
The strike was a direct response to a poison gas attack against civilians said to be initiated by Syrian President Bashar Assad days earlier.

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http://thehill.com/policy/defense/329534-top-republican-presses-trump-to-submit-war-authorization

[Achilleaze]

1. five-time republican draft dodgers don't need no steenkin "authorization"

[red dog 1]

3. Will Rep. Tom Cole be added to Trump's "hit list"?

To be "primaried" in 2018?

[DK504]

2. The traitor does think he has to follow the Constitution.

[gratuitous]

4. The president "ought" to do a lot of things, Rep. Cole

But considering the utterly spineless response by Republicans to President Trump and his ongoing war against democracy in this country, I'm going to say that he doesn't give a tin shit about what you have to say.

So, what are you going to do about it?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Has no problem giving the white guy an authorization

Assuming he was in Congress at the time, I'm sure he wasn't going to approve the Resolution that President Obama wanted.


Also, why exactly do they have to wait for Trump?