What's the alternative you're proposing?
http://www.balloon-j...y-your-life-away/
The memo was released a prior to tomorrowÂs confirmation hearing for John Brennan, and heÂs going to face Âtough questionsÂ. IÂm sure heÂs going to be wearing incontinence pads and popping Ativan to deal with the fear of dealing with a bunch of grandstanding prima donna do nothing windbags who havenÂt yet lifted a legislative finger on the drone war, and wonÂt do it in the future. DiFi, Rocky IV and the rest are going to vote to confirm after a little fussing, and that will be that.
I realize that weÂre all supposed to be shocked and outraged that the Obama administration is running an undeclared drone war, and feel free to express that in the comments, but letÂs not lose sight of the fact that Congress has essentially ceded the war power to the Executive Branch, so weÂre going to be governed by shady memos instead of law when it comes to the use of our shiny killing machines.
(Emphasis added.)
As long as the Executive can make a plausible argument that what they're doing is covered under the AUMF, then there's nothing illegal about what they're doing under US law. (And dropping a Hellfire on a microbus in Colorado Springs doesn't fit under that.) People who don't like what the President is doing need to change the law.
That pretty well sums it up AFAICS.
Congress needs to step up and end (or dramatically rein in) the AUMF.
Cheers,
Scott.
