Posted on 10/26/2017 9:02:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation aimed at preventing Donald Trump from launching a pre-emptive attack on North Korea, as concerns grew about the administration’s failure to explore talks with Pyongyang.
Related: Military action over North Korea ‘worst possible option’, says UK diplomat
The “No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea” bill is the second legislative attempt to curtail’s Trump power to start a war unilaterally. Earlier this year, a bill was introduced to prohibit the president from ordering a nuclear first strike against a foreign adversary without a declaration of war by Congress, amid concerns over Trump’s belligerent language, erratic behaviour and frequent tweeted threats against other countries.
The new legislation prohibiting an attack on North Korea without congressional authority was launched by Democrats John Conyers in the House and Ed Markey in the Senate. It has two Republicans among the 61 backers in the House, but at present no formal Republican backing in the Senate.
“As a veteran of the Korean war, I am ashamed that our commander-in-chief is conducting himself in a reckless manner that endangers our troops stationed in South Korea and our regional allies,” Conyers said.
“President Trump’s provocative and escalatory rhetoric, with threats to unleash ‘fire and fury’ and ‘totally destroy’ North Korea, cannot be allowed to turn into reality,” Senator Markey said. “As long as President Trump has a Twitter account, we must ensure that he cannot start a war or launch a nuclear first strike without the explicit authorization of Congress.”
The bill’s supporters acknowledge that it will not pass without attracting more Republican support, but they argue that it helps focus attention on the unlimited authority of a US president to order the use of nuclear weapons, many of which can be launched within a few minutes.....
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No! I must have amnesia.
If we get wind of a planned NoKo ballistic missile attack on the west coast, the Democrats don’t want Pres. Trump to stop it. Okay.
The far left commie ‘RATS want the NORKs to be able to nuke us first.
When?
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I’m just..puzzled, I guess. Does this congressional bill surrender to North Korea? I’m just trying to figure out any examples of congressional oversight over the commander in chief in how he conducts a war declared by congress... I can’t really recall any constitutional nor historical precedent for such actions. Absent something more than a cease fire, it’s really none of congress’ business how he conducts the war.
And with their supermajority in both houses, they should be able to override any veto.
Oh wait!
They just don’t want us to pre-emptivly strike and find the Uranium One uranium in the NORKs possesion.
Dumber than dog crap leftists.
In other related news, some flies buzzed about, annoying people.
What he should be ashamed of is helping the Soviet Union and Vietcong during the Cold War and Vietnam War and being the target of a corruption investigation.
Trump has them chasing after squirrels.
Ted Lieu - Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Lieu immigrated with his family to Cleveland, Lieu holds the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves.[3] He served four years on active duty as a member of the JAG Corps.
damnocrats never met an appeaser they couldn’t relate to.
Defense Secretary Panetta tells Senator Sessions that military gets its authority from UN or NATO.
Just like asking for gun control after their Paddock shoots us, Democrats collusion with North Korea to kill Americans and disarm us keeps going forward.
Earlier this year, a bill was introduced to prohibit the president from ordering a nuclear first strike against a foreign adversary without a declaration of war by Congress,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, How does that apply when we are still at war with NK?????
But I suppose he would have been OK with having Hillary as president after selling us out to the Russians.
Yes, it’s interesting that some Democrats want a law against their cities being protected from a North Korean nuclear strike. Depending on conditions when the time comes, a preemptive strike might be the only way to protect them.
Scroll down the page behind the following link to see the animated map labeled, “The time a North Korean missile would take to hit U.S. cities.”
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