President Barack Obama gave a
prepared speech this morning about our launch of airstrikes against
ISIS within the borders of Syria. As is typical, his comments
suggest this is something we all as Americans agreed to do together
despite any sort of legal authorization for this action whatsoever.
From his
speech this morning:
Good morning, everybody. Last night, on my orders,
America’s armed forces began strikes against ISIL targets in
Syria. Today, the American people give thanks for the
extraordinary service of our men and women in uniform, including
the pilots who flew these missions with the courage and
professionalism that we’ve come to expect from the finest military
that the world has ever known.Earlier this month, I outlined for the American people our
strategy to confront the threat posed by the terrorist group known
as ISIL. I made clear that as part of this campaign the
United States would take action against targets in both Iraq and
Syria so that these terrorists can’t find safe haven
anywhere. I also made clear that America would act as part of
a broad coalition. And that’s exactly what we’ve done.
He mentions the bipartisan support for arming and training
Syrian rebels (or rather, the Syrian rebels who aren’t members of
ISIS, who are also rebels, but not the right rebels), which at
least passed with a vote. Later in the speech, he says:
I’ve spoken to leaders in Congress and I’m pleased that there is
bipartisan support for the actions we are taking. America is
always stronger when we stand united, and that unity sends a
powerful message to the world that we will do what’s necessary to
defend our country.
Well, if there’s bipartisan support for these actions and we’re
all standing united, then it should be a breeze for him to get a
new authorization for the use of military force to combat ISIS in
Syria, right? But no, there’s nothing in the speech that suggests a
Congressional vote is coming.
Read the full speech
here.
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