Thursday, September 25, 2014
Executive Powers
Upon seeing recent televised footage of President Obama and what I assume was his cabinet sitting around a large table responding to questions about his newly sanctioned bombings in Syria, I only can think that his choice was one of necessity. It was not necessity in terms of fighting ISIL, it was necessity in terms politics. Interestingly enough his bombings began during the United Nation's Climate Summit in New York city savvily drawing media coverage toward his own slickly-produced military propaganda. Military Politics. I am sure after viewing this footage the President's decision to utilize his executive power to order the bombing of ISIL participants in Syria was in response to influential political vested interests. According to MSNBC there is a sixty day clock ticking before a mandatory vote must occur by Congress having debated the choice. In a move almost as clever and covert as North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory's late night passing of the Voter ID bill, obviously the responsible contingency embraced a premeditated time table patiently while waiting for their President's signature. It was just too good to be true for them. The United States joining a civil war in Syria out of the blue? The icing on the cake of this illegal declaration of war without the consent of the American people, Congress, or possibly Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was it occurred just as Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told members of the House they could leave earlier than their planned pre-election recess. Genius. With an all ready incompetent Congress, we now can add complacency to the list. Is it really an intended shirking of their responsibilities? While under the cover of approval of the President's request for aid to train Syrian rebel forces, covertly they "left the building" with no apparent intent of debate or approval of a new war in Syria being championed by the President. I do not believe that for one minute President Obama is doing the talking. His decision is the inevitable favor of politics the President is being forced to play now. Congress passed his Affordable Care Act. Now again they are engaging in the "Economy of War." It would not surprise me one bit if lurked underneath those ISIL veils second generation Haliburton, Blackwater, or Syrian army employees.