Boehner Calls on President Obama to 'Start Over' on ISIS War Authorization

[JonLP24]

Source: ABC

Months after President Obama sent Congress his draft proposal to fight ISIS, House Speaker John Boehner called on the president to scrap his proposed Authorization for the Use of Military Force and “start over.”

“With new gains made by ISIL in Ramadi, we know that hope is not a strategy,” Boehner, R-Ohio, said. “The president’s plan isn’t working. It’s time for him to come up with a real, overarching strategy to defeat the ongoing terrorist threat.”

Obama sent a draft proposal to Congress on February 11, but the blueprint was immediately rejected by Republicans and Democrats – though for different reasons.

Some Democrats believe the president’s draft was not restrictive enough, calling on the president to repeal his 2001 AUMF to fight al Qaeda in addition to the authorization from 2002 to fight in Iraq.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/boehner-calls-president-obama-start-isis-war-authorization/story?id=31147059

[bulloney]

1. Ole Cockwork Orange took a break from his boozing just to bleat out this?

Maybe if Boner and the Repubs weren't such obstructionists and passed an authorization, ISIS wouldn't be where they are today.

Better yet, if Boner and the other MIC lapdogs weren't so complicit with Bush & Cheney's lies about Saddam and Iraq, ISIS wouldn't be here today.

That boozehound with the perpetual tan sets new standards for stupidity every time he opens his mouth.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

10. Ole Cockwork Orange ??

Nowhere in his name should be the word "work". He works about 1/2 the year, and within that is either on the golf course or drinking - or both!

[randys1]

2. John, the adults got this, stay out of it.

If you are called on for congressional action, then do your job, until then, shut up

[George II]

3. WTF? They refuse to give him authorization and then they complain that he's not doing enough?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

4. Iran is going to fix the problem with Shia militias

And Iraq will be Iran's client state. I don't see where we need to do anything.

[JonLP24]

6. The problem exists because of Shia militias

Plus they aren't much better either.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

7. They're primarily Sunni.

I believe the problem exists because every last damned one of them became unemployed one day when Bush was President. It also doesn't help to have a weak and corrupt (Sunni) president in Iraq. Irrespective of either of our opinions, I think Iran is going to get the credit for getting rid of ISIS, at least in Iraq. And they're going to have some direct or indirect form of sway over Iraq as a result. Again, this is GW Bush's fault, but it does seem to be happening. I suspect all the noisemaking in Washington (on either side of the aisle) is really about hegemony over Iran, and not so much about ISIS violence.

[JonLP24]

8. The President isn't Sunni

On edit -- the Prime Minister is Shia too btw

The current one is Kurdish -- they have usually been Shia but Al-Maliki the one pointed to be Prime Minister started this problem by brutally oppressing Sunni & Kurdish populations. He sent Iraqi security forces into the homes of several elected Sunni officials, killing one. The highest elected Sunni official was faced with a political prosecution escaped to Turkey with the help of Kurdistan (which Al-Maliki was still fuming over) from a trial in which he got the death penalty in one that took place without him. All these collectively began the 2010-2014 Iraq protests from Sunni & Kurdish civilians who Al-Maliki brutally oppressed them with the edition of leaving the unregulated Shia militias unchecked created the conditions for what we see today.

They can kill them all but by continuing to execute Sunnis in towns, ethnically cleansing neighborhoods then the problems will continue to persist. They need to allow equal & fair participation in the new Iraqi government and need to get rid of these anti-terrorism charges which Al-Maliki used liberally to lock up & torture Sunnis -- the laws allow for things like indefinite detention, no charges, etc.

[Dawson Leery]

5. The derelict drunk POS should have had this debate and a vote last summer.

[Fred Sanders]

9. Was Boehner and the media all drunk when they forgot to congratulate Obama on re-taking Kobani and Tikrit?

Only the bad news is fit to print...wait when Ramadi is retaken.....crickets, or some major whining about something.