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Senate To Give President Authority To Declare “International Martial Law”

The US Senate is ready to give Obama, and the next president, ‘unlimited’ military powers that amounts to a declaration of martial law upon the entire world. A new AUMF (Authorization for Use of Military Force) written by the Republican neocon Sen. Lindsey Graham, will allow the president to wage war anywhere in the world without congressional approval. The Free Thought Project Reports: Majority leader Mitch McConnell surprised almost everyone last week by saying he has a war resolution ready to be voted on at any time. The resolution is a new authorization for use of military force (AUMF) for declaring war on ISIS. It would give the president even more power than the AUMF granted to Bush after 9/11, which is still in place today. “The AUMF put forward by McConnell would not restrict the president’s use of ground troops, nor have any limits related to time or geography. Nor would it touch on the issue of what to do with the 2001 AUMF, which the Obama administration has used to attack ISIS despite that authorization’s instructions to use force against those who planned the 9/11 terrorist attacks.” Considering what Bush and Obama did with the 2001 AUMF—invading and [...]