Obama Admin Cites 'Int'l Permission,' Not Congress, As 'Legal Basis' For Action In Syria

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Obama Admin Cites 'Int'l Permission,' Not Congress, As 'Legal Basis' For Action In Syria

Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions secured a stunning admission from Obama's Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. The Obama administration believes that the "legal authority" needed to deploy our military is "international legal authority" such as that which might be issued by the U.N.

I know that the Ron Paul crowd believes that every military action is tantamount to war and requires the prior approval of Congress. Of course that is not the case for reason that not all military actions are "war" and for reason that Congress has already approved the temporary use of force by the president acting as commander in chief, under the War Powers Resolution.
But the real stunner here is that Panetta doesn't consider either of those two legal authorities necessary before the president commits our troops to battle. He thinks that the U.N. can authorize that decision.

Now I could be wrong, but wouldn't a president ceding the authority of his office to the U.N. signal that he is ignoring his oath to the Constitution?

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