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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Great to see some of those nutters around the world like Le Pen being wrong-sided by Trump's actions. And encouraging to see Trump carrying out Obama's policies be it leaving the successful Obamacare in place or bombing Syria when it crossed the red line on the use of chemical weapons. Just a shame Congress did not allow Obama to do this when he was in power.
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Nice try but Obamacare is not successful, as already pointed out several times.
As for the rest of your post. Obama did not need Congressional approval to begin with, back in 2013, after Assad first used chemical weapons against his own people, he could have gone down the route Trump just has by going down the War Powers Resolution Act of 1973, which so long as the current sitting President notifies congress of his committed military action within 48 hours, the President does not need Congressional Authorization.
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The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, without a Congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) or a declaration of war by the United States. The resolution was passed by two-thirds of Congress, overriding a presidential veto.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution
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On the evening of 6 April (2017), under the War Powers Resolution, Trump notified the U.S. Congress of his plan on the missile strike.[9] According to a White House official, over 24 members of the Congress were briefed at the time.[9] Internationally, the United States also notified several countries, including Canada, Australia, and Russia, in advance of the strike.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_S...missile_strike
The bottom line is as history recalls, In 2012, Obama drew a line warning Assad of using chemical weapons, Assad crossed it, with a chemical attack in 2013 and Obama, the US and pretty much the rest of the world did nothing, including ourselves.