Alexander Hamilton, Syria & the Imperial Presidency

"The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. . . . It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first General and Admiral of the Confederacy; while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war and the raising and regulating of fleets and armies, -- all of which by the Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature."

Alexander Hamilton

  (The Federalist Papers, 69, 1788.)

By Gary;

Syria is not some BS Democrat vs. Republican issue.  The debate for war cuts across party lines and comes down to Authoritarianism vs. Constitutional Federalism. 

Alexander Hamilton had it right.  No one man should be able to send a nation to war against another nation that has not even threatened to attack the U.S.  Congress has that power.

The rapid spread of news and ideas through a free Internet Media forced a vote in the British Parliament that defeated war.

The British defeat caused the war plans of the bipartisan Washington Elite to be thrown off balance, and forced Obama to seek Congressional approval.  The Elites are not used to the Internet Media that can point out the BS and lies of both government and their lap-dog establishment media.

In many ways it will be a phony debate.  Congress has pretended for a long time now that the CIA was not active in funding and arming the Syrian rebels.  We have already been at war using Islamic Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States as front men.

What the debate is really about is should the U.S. go in the deep end of the pool or stay in the shallow end and go on pretending we are not supporting the rebels.

Syrian Rebels.
The bipartisan Washington Elites have already been running an unconstitutional war in Syria through the CIA.  A vote by Congress only gives the Elites legal cover to expand their actions.

Warmongers line up to back Obama
The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen were not enough.  Now the Washington Elites want to go into Syria.


Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, former CIA director, called strongly Saturday for Congress to back the White House on Syria, declaring that military action against the regime is “necessary” to deter “Iran, North Korea and other would-be aggressors.”

“Failure of Congress to approve the president’s request would have serious ramifications not just in the Mideast but around the world,” Petraeus said in a four-sentence statement provided to Politico.

Nancy Pelosi  -  “It is in our national interest to respond to the Syrian government’s unspeakable use of chemical weapons."

John McCain  -  “I think it would be a very serious situation where we are now 535 commanders in chief. Look, the president of the United States is the only commander.”

Eric Cantor  -  “There are no easy solutions and a one-off military strike is not by itself an adequate strategy, but I am convinced that the risks of inaction outweigh the risks of a limited intervention."

Peter King  -  Presidents from both parties have not hesitated to take quick and effective military action when they believed it was essential to our national interest. And they did it without seeking prior approval from Congress.  These presidents acted pursuant to their constitutional and statutory powers as commander-in-chief. They knew that for America's security and credibility, we cannot have 535 commanders-in-chief.


Pat Buchanan Syria Is Dress Rehearsal For War With Iran

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