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helIy posted...

Jarsky2 posted...

You're right, they weren't all shot at ISIS, but they were all shot at terrorist cells. We have never attacked the Syrian government directly before now.

and they never shot their own people with chemical warfare before now, either. keep in mind that that's a violation of international law.

things change.

Jarsky2 posted...

Actually, yes, he did, by precedent. Congress had already approved acts of aggression against the terrorist organizations targetted

yep. that's exactly why everyone bitched that he wasn't getting approval before okaying drone strikes.

Um... yes they did. Assad has been attacking his own people with all manner of illegal weapons for years. Where the fuck have you been for almost the past decade?

Those people were right-ish. It's a very gray area, but he managed to remain juuuust on the legal side of things. Honestly, do you really think if Obama violated the constitution the republicans wouldn;t have jumped on the chance to impeach him? Not defending Obama for using it, but to say he did something illegal isn't technically accurate. Plus, to get congressional approval we would have to declare war, which would require acknowledging ISIS as a sovereign nation. No one wants that. Well, except ISIS.