Biden will voluntarily give up the right to start wars

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In the House of Representatives of the US Congress, a vote was held on the right of the American president to start wars outside the country. Biden has previously advocated the abolition of this right, adopted in the early 2000s during the presidency of George W. Bush.

Most of the Congressmen supported the cancellation of the "Authorization to Use Military Force" of 2002, which allowed the Republican George W. Bush to start military operations in Iraq. 268 Republican deputies voted for the abolition, 161 legislators opposed.



After a vote in the lower house of Congress, the initiative must be approved by the Senate. In the upper house of parliament, the prospects for this measure are not so obvious, since at present the Senate is almost equally divided between Democrats and Republicans (48 - Democrats, 50 - Republicans and 2 independent candidates). Perhaps the vice presidency of Democrat Kamala Harris will play a role, as well as the fact that the interim president of this body is Democrat Patrick Leahy.

After the US President received the opportunity to use military force abroad for an unlimited amount of time, American troops invaded Iraq (2003), Haiti (2004), Somalia (2004-2010), Libya (2011), Syria and again Iraq ( 2014) and Yemen (2015). The exact number of civilians affected by the actions of the United States army in these countries is not known for certain.
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  1. Petr Vladimirovich
    Petr Vladimirovich
    +2
    18 June 2021 15: 27
    Democrat Kamala Harris's vice presidency will play a role.

    P&B! As always, instead of working, you eat vodka and drink as a Novice!
    Schaub tomorrow before the departure of the flight Moscow-New York like a bayonet ... !!!
    It will be more difficult than in London with a local, well, there is nothing, who is easy now?
  2. 123
    123
    +1
    18 June 2021 15: 50
    The House of Representatives of the US Congress held a vote on the right of the American president to start wars outside the country.

    Can I get inside? Getting ready for civil?
    I will watch with interest as the Senate declares its president incapacitated.
    We chose it on our head, now the main thing is to remove the grenade away ...
    1. Cherry
      Cherry
      0
      18 June 2021 16: 35
      He doesn't seem to brandish a grenade yet.
      1. 123
        123
        -1
        18 June 2021 21: 13
        He doesn't seem to brandish a grenade yet.

        Therefore, he does not wave, because they do not give it to his hands.
        1. Cherry
          Cherry
          +1
          19 June 2021 03: 09
          In the USA, there are a lot of people willing to do this.
    2. Petr Vladimirovich
      Petr Vladimirovich
      +2
      18 June 2021 16: 46
      Chosen on your head
      Nowadays they don't elect there, but two of our major are appointed from the note ... laughing
  3. Kofesan
    Kofesan
    +3
    18 June 2021 18: 11
    And if he (Bidon) is "forced"? As far as I am in the subject, this Naglosaki breed became famous for what they are always "forced" to. So it’s not worth the price of these cheap show-offs from Penguinostan.

  4. Jacques sekavar
    Jacques sekavar
    +1
    20 June 2021 09: 18
    Will refuse if Congress supports it. Circumstances develop in different ways. It happens that there is no time for discussion and you need to make decisions quickly. This is the prerogative of the head of state, first of all. If the head of state is deprived of such a right, then the decisions will be made by someone else. War is not a joke, and the one who will make such decisions will actually become above the head of state.