After September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks the U.S. Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force. The resolution authorizes the president to undertake a war against al-Qaeda, ISIS in any war in the Middle East and its affiliates without Congressional approval, but this has been put into overdrive, justifying any president to take any first steps into any country without authorization. This being good for the military complex and for the sales of weapons for destruction and displacing people called refugees. I can say that ISIS needed to be eradicated, but why not do it shortly in sync with other country cooperations and footing part of the bill. Since 2001 the law has been used to approve military conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Proponents argue that the law is necessary to give the President the powers to act quickly in order to prevent another terrorist attack, but then again, we have domestic terrorism to through gangs, hate groups, crime, drug cartels, etc, why is the emphasis so much on Muslimes? On the U.S. Opponents argue that all U.S. military conflicts should have Congressional approval and this act has been used in military conflicts that have nothing to do with al-Qaeda and ISIS. We as a country can find ways to cut corners and bring the rest of the neighborhood into the fight. We need to pay attention to our yard first, instead of someones a block away.
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