Top Democrat Says Congressional Defeat Over Syria Would Cost Obama Moral Authority On War -- Washington Times
A top House Democrat said Sunday that President Obama may still legally conduct military strikes in Syria even if Congress denies him the authority, but that the White House will have “morally” lost the ability to do so.
“I think while he has the constitutional authority, I think morally he will have lost the authority to move forward,” Rep. Xavier Becerra of California, the House Democratic Caucus chairman, said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program.
Mr. Becerra said, though, that he believes Mr. Obama will win enough support from Congress to pass a resolution authorizing some limited strikes.
A number of newspapers and websites have conducted counts of lawmakers’ stated positions and have found opposition to strikes far outweighs support at this point. But Mr. Becerra discounted those tallies, saying that until the House has a specific piece of legislation in front of it, the count can change.
Read more ....
My Comment: Many Democrats are clearly feeling uneasy on the outcome of a Congressional vote .... and they should .... after years of being critical of U.S. military operations in other years, they are now voting on pursuing another campaign.
0 comments:
Post a Comment