"We have entered a new phase in the war on terror. In July, according to three administration sources, the Bush administration formally gave the military new power to strike terrorist safe havens outside of Iraq and Afghanistan. Before then, a military strike in a country like Syria or Pakistan would have required President Bush's personal approval. Now, those kinds of strikes in the region can occur at the discretion of the incoming commander of Central Command (Centcomm), General David Petraeus."
This is fundamentally and violently wrong. U.S. troops have never before been authorized--or in this case, subverted--to attack an enemy without a Congressioal declaration of war or Congressional oversight. Lock-stepping the military to solely executive privilege is the act of a would-be dictator...and there's no argument anyone can make against that statement.
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