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Fighting ISIS: Barack Obama asks U.S. Congress for war powers
Thomson Reuters, February 11, 2015 at 10:45 AM
Fighting ISIS: Barack Obama asks U.S. Congress for war powers
Thomson Reuters, February 11, 2015 at 10:45 AM
This
article, about war and conflict talks about the ISIS terrorists and how
Obama is planning to target them. U.S. President, Obama asked Congress to authorize military force in the
campaign against ISIS. Obama also wants to repeal the 2002 authorization for
force in Iraq, but keep a 2001 authorization against Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
This request calls for targeting ISIS and associated forces involved in the
fighting of the U.S. or its coalition partners. It provides no geographic
limits in battle, and bans U.S. ground troops from “enduring U.S. offensive ground
combat". Obama said his goal is to “degrade and defeat ISIS". Obama
also said that special U.S. forces would be used on the ground if, for example, there was a gathering of ISIS leaders and U.S. forces were in the help position
to take action. Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives must approve
the proposal. The Democrats are concerned about another Middle East War, but
many Republicans want stronger measures against ISIS. Obama must get their
approval so that he does not exceed the constitutional authority. The world
needs to see that the United States "Speaks with one voice against ISIS".
This article connects to the world right now. Isis is a very evil and dangerous
terrorist group and must be stopped. Every nation should stand up because;
there is no limit to what ISIS can do. For example, they can continue killing and
destroying people and things around them without care of the consequences. This is a crime against humanity. In conclusion, Barack Obama is doing everything he can
to stop this terrorism.
