Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) is planning a new push to repeal or revise congressional authorizations for the use of military force, an initiative sparked by President Biden’s Syria airstrikes.
Kaine said that this week he will likely introduce a bipartisan resolution to repeal the 2002 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) that the Bush administration used to invade Iraq and the AUMF used for the Gulf War in 1991.
“Congress doesn’t repeal these things. We pass them and they’re just floating out there to be used — they can be used in mischievous ways to justify actions long after the original crisis has passed,” Kaine said on Tuesday.
Kaine said Congress needs to reform the 2001 AUMF that was used for the war in Afghanistan and kicked off the War on Terror. The 2001 AUMF is now used for groups like ISIS that didn’t exist when it was passed.
The Virginia senator is also seeking to reform the 1974 War Powers Act that was created so Congress can challenge the executive branch’s unauthorized wars. “This instance shows us the War Powers Act of 1974 just isn’t enough in terms of requiring consultation,” he said of Biden’s Syria bombing.
Kaine said he was “not notified at all” about the Syria attack, and neither were “many of the people” in Congress who should have been consulted.
Tim Kaine? HRC’s running mate? What a wonderfully pleasant surprise. Has Kaine done anything like this in the past? Something I’ve missed? I’m really sorry if I’ve looked upon him unfairly up until now.
Another rocket raid on the US-manned Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq.
BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S. and coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties. . .here
Nice link, thanks. That they “located” the launch platform is a no-brainer. The US has systems to locate launch points before the missiles hit. There are also systems which automatically fire back to point of launch. If it is a vehicle launch, computerized systems will calculate how far the vehicles could travel and fire there also.
I assume false flag. The US militancy has plenty of motive to keep Iraq violent.
DOD Statement out — one merc dead with a heart attack.
“Kaine said Congress needs to reform the 2001 AUMF that was used for the war in Afghanistan and kicked off the War on Terror.”
It doesn’t need to be “reformed’ it needs to go. If you replace it with something else the same thing will eventually happen, it will be abused. It makes war too easy. Congress needs to do its job.