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Syria War Wariness Should Remain
No matter how the dust up over Syria ends, President Barack
Obama should be commended for seeking congressional approval for any
attack. Although such a strike would have bad repercussions for the
United States in the Middle East region and violate international law
(since it wasn’t for self defense and no United Nations Security Council
resolution authorized it), at least Obama went against the Korean War
precedent to reconnect with the founders. Starting with that war, the
executive has conducted most minor military actions and even some other
major ones – for example, the invasions of Grenada and Panama – without
congressional approval, thus violating a crucial founding principle of
the U.S. Constitution.
by Ivan Eland,
September 18, 2013
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