So even though I possess the authority to order military strikes, I believed it was right, in the absence of a direct or imminent threat to our security, to take this debate to Congress. I believe our democracy is stronger when the President acts with the support of Congress. And I believe that America acts more effectively abroad when we stand together.
This is especially true after a decade that put more and more war-making power in the hands of the President, and more and more burdens on the shoulders of our troops, while sidelining the people’s representatives from the critical decisions about when we use force.
A decade of presidential war-making authority that sidelined Congress? Are you kidding me?
In the last decade, President Bush sought and received Congressional authorization for war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
President Obama did not seek that authorization in Libya.
So just who has sidelined Congress when deciding to use force?
In what world can President Obama claim to be taping together that Constitution he thinks Bush shredded?
