Under legislation being put together in fits and starts, Biden could be in a position to cancel the two-decades-old congressional measure that provided the March 2003 invasion’s legal rationale, the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) lawmakers adopted in October 2002.
Doing so will require the bitterly divided Congress to do its part by getting the proposal to his desk, so don’t bet the cryptocurrency farm just yet. But for the first time since 9/11, a president may actually take concrete steps to rein in, not expand, executive branch war-making powers.
We are keeping thousands of troops in Iraq. This is another Obama-Biden Administration-style phony “withdrawal” in which we pretend like we got everyone out while remaining firmly entrenched in this country where our military never had any legitimate business. If the Iraqis want to play hardball and tell us to leave, then we will just do another Operation Timber Sycamore to create another Salafist Caliphate to overrun their country again until they beg us to come back again.
See also:
–Iraqis Sceptical About Real Pullout Of US Forces From Iraq
–US Logistics Convoy Targeted In Iraq’s Babylon Prov.