Eric Cantor believes the President has the power to declare war, not congress

[Anarchist420]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVq-OhaZLkw

What a dipshit neocon.

Not only that, he wants to invade Iran.

Why in the hell do people vote these neocon assholes into office?

 

[GoPackGo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVq-OhaZLkw

What a dipshit neocon.

Not only that, he wants to invade Iran.

Why in the hell do people vote these neocon assholes into office?

The US hasn't declared a war since World War II.

 

[nageov3t]

growing and holding onto the power of the executive is a bipartisan goal that inflicts whoever's sitting behind the resolute desk.

presidents from many differing political backgrounds have taken us into war without congress officially declaring war.

 

[her209]

Not surprising by Eric Cantor considering he's heavily influenced by AIPAC lobbying
http://www.aipac.org/about_AIPAC/Learn_About_AIPAC/2841_24663.asp

 

[irishScott]

Who?

 

[techs]

Who?

Pay attention to the names of your new overlords.

 

[OutHouse]

feb 8th 2007? umm kinda old video.

 

[Narmer]

Not surprising by Eric Cantor considering he's heavily influenced by AIPAC lobbying
http://www.aipac.org/about_AIPAC/Learn_About_AIPAC/2841_24663.asp

Makes you wonder who he's more loyal to.

 

[nageov3t]

Makes you wonder who he's more loyal to.

I'll never get over the way JFK kowtowed to the Pope. everyone knows you can't elect Catholics because of their divided loyalties.

 

[Narmer]

I'll never get over the way JFK kowtowed to the Pope. everyone knows you can't elect Catholics because of their divided loyalties.

We tried it once. He didn't last long enough to see if the experiment worked. Definitely wouldn't want to try it with a slave like Cantor.

 

[irishScott]

Pay attention to the names of your new overlords.

He's not my overlord, he's just a right-wing-nut with a political position. The beauty of a split government is that the congress could be full of right-wing kooks, and Obama could just veto everything. Hence the reason I voted Republican this mid-term (via absentee).

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

FYI this clip is 2+ years old.

 

[Balt]

I wonder if he still believes it now when a Dem is president.

 

[Moonbeam]

The Pres can declare war but he can't declare Congress.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

He can't declare war, but he can send in the marines for 60 days. Once they are there and muck up some shit, Congress pretty much has to let the effort continue by declaring war or loose face with the president by admitting wrong doing by the president and recalling the troops.
Though they can stay longer and with more forces if needed for the safety of the forces there during the withdrawl.

 

[Vic Vega]

The US hasn't declared a war since World War II.

They just vote to fund military operations over and over. If they didn't endorse the operation, they wouldn't fund it. So in a way, Congress has voted to go to war over and over and over since World War II.

It's really simple - the people who didn't want to go to war didn't vote to fund it. The people who did, voted to fund it, Dems, Repubs, all of them.