18 Democrats sign petition telling Barack Obama he needs Congressional approval to attack Syria

  Newly minted warmongers Barack Obama, John Kerry, Joe Biden, and Nancy Pelsosi have seemingly joined forces with old school warmongers such as John McCain in urging an attack on Syria over now disputed claims that Bashar Assad used chemical weapons on his own people. They no longer seem to feel as if the United States has to pass a global test or get United Nations approval before acting on this whim, this is a stunning reversal of position after their demagoguery over the last decade or so.

  I happen to agree with the notion that as a sovereign nation the United States does not need to seek United Nations approval, nor do we have to pass a global test to protect our own interests on the world stage, but there is one test that the president must pass before authorizing an attack; he must pass the Congressional test. It is just interesting to me that so many Democrats seem to have come around to my way of thinking simply because the president just happens to be a Democrat.

    With John Boehner unwilling to even consider the possibility of bringing the House back in an emergency session to debate the issue America’s Watchtower reported that over 100 House members, in a bipartisan effort, signed a petition telling Barack Obama he needed the approval of the Congress before acting unilaterally on Syria. At that time we did not know how many Democrats has signed onto the petition, but now we know–there are 18 Democrats who sided with 98 Republicans.

  Here is part of the text of the letter these brave Democrats, who now face possible IRS targeting for their insubordination, said:

We strongly urge you to consult and receive authorization from Congress before ordering the use of military force in Syria,” said the letter signed by the 18 Democrats and 98 Republicans. “Your responsibility to do so is prescribed in the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973.

“While the Founders wisely gave the Office of the President the authority to act in emergencies, they foresaw the need to ensure public debate—and the active engagement of Congress—prior to committing U.S. military assets,” the congressmen told the president. “Engaging our military in Syria when no direct threat to the United States exists and without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers that is clearly delineated in the Constitution

  Honestly, when I heard there were over 100 signatories to this petition I had hoped, from listening to prior remarks uttered from the mouths of the left, that there would be more Democratic support for Congressional approval. What this tells us is this: most Democrats are making military decisions based purely on party politics and doing what they feel is best for the party instead of debating whether or not American interests are at stake. (American interests are not at stake, but that is not the focus of this post.)

  Some would argue the Republicans are guilty of the same demagoguery for seemingly changing their position on military action simply because there is a Democrat in the White House but there is a difference here which the left is willingly and purposely ignoring.

  When George Bush went to war against Iraq and Afghanistan he had the approval of the United Nations, he passed the global test, and he had the approval from many of the same Democrats who opposed the effort after the fact. These Democrats would never have been for the wars before they were against them had it not been for this little fact. They would have opposed George Bush from the beginning if he had attempted to do in Iraq and Afghanistan what Barack Obama is proposing to do in Syria, but now these Democrats are once again for war.