Whenever my piece on AUMF comes out, I noted that AUMF CLEARLY could include Libya bc of ISIL concerns. Ras just backed that.
@StevenTDennis True. But post-Benghazi I would think O might actually want cover to return w/more direct presence. @KenGude
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@emptywheel@StevenTDennis or he might actually not want to go into Libya at all -
@KenGude He might not. But his WH wrote the AUMF to easily authorize it.@StevenTDennis -
@emptywheel@KenGude His AUMF technically authorizes global thermonuclear anti-ISIL war with non-enduring offensive ground forces. -
@StevenTDennis@emptywheel c’mon. a diff way of looking at it wld be 1st ever Prez request for mil force that includes limits on how used -
@KenGude@emptywheel And the limit is what? WH won't say. -
@StevenTDennis@KenGude@emptywheel For one it's limited to "armed forces" ('01 AUMF doesn't contain that limitation). -
@ColMorrisDavis@KenGude@emptywheel Well, the new AUMF keeps the old AUMF around. So... http://blogs.rollcall.com/white-house/isis-aumf-congress-challenge/ … -
@StevenTDennis@ColMorrisDavis@emptywheel the new AUMF clearly supersedes the 2001 related to ISIL. Goldsmith et al are wrong. - 1 more reply
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