It's target was al Qaeda. The Executive Branch's military abused the document to allow it's autonomous power from the people of the USA.
...Although its delegation of power (click here) to the President was sweeping, the AUMF in fact reflected a compromise between Congress and the Bush
Administration, which had sought an even broader and more open-ended
grant of authority. Even as fires continued to burn at Ground Zero, Congress
pushed back, only authorizing military force against those who could be tied to the groups directly responsible for the September 11 attacks....
As long as a military target could be affiliated with al Qaeda in any distant relationship the US military didn't need Congress approval for starting wars. This document and the Bush agenda included an invasion into Iraq because Saddam Hussein was affiliated with al Qaeda CAUSED the Iraq invasion. In reality without this blanket excuse to invade a country the Iraq War would not have happened.
Where the NSA listens and the words al Qaeda are spoken there is a threat.
Without the death of Osama bin Laden, the hunt for al Qaeda influence could have gone anywhere.
Bush lies and people die.
IS/IS/L is the new al Qaeda as it was considered the former al Qaeda in Iraq. IS/IS/L is a problem for the region. Whether a sovereign Iraq survives it's 8 year occupation is irrelevant to the outcome of stability and the survival of the people.
It is best for France to lead in this troubled area of the world, not the USA. The USA's military has deadly permission and it will increase radicalism rather than diminish it, hence, recruitment.
...Although its delegation of power (click here) to the President was sweeping, the AUMF in fact reflected a compromise between Congress and the Bush
Administration, which had sought an even broader and more open-ended
grant of authority. Even as fires continued to burn at Ground Zero, Congress
pushed back, only authorizing military force against those who could be tied to the groups directly responsible for the September 11 attacks....
As long as a military target could be affiliated with al Qaeda in any distant relationship the US military didn't need Congress approval for starting wars. This document and the Bush agenda included an invasion into Iraq because Saddam Hussein was affiliated with al Qaeda CAUSED the Iraq invasion. In reality without this blanket excuse to invade a country the Iraq War would not have happened.
Where the NSA listens and the words al Qaeda are spoken there is a threat.
Without the death of Osama bin Laden, the hunt for al Qaeda influence could have gone anywhere.
Bush lies and people die.
IS/IS/L is the new al Qaeda as it was considered the former al Qaeda in Iraq. IS/IS/L is a problem for the region. Whether a sovereign Iraq survives it's 8 year occupation is irrelevant to the outcome of stability and the survival of the people.
It is best for France to lead in this troubled area of the world, not the USA. The USA's military has deadly permission and it will increase radicalism rather than diminish it, hence, recruitment.
