(01-03-2020, 02:09 PM)Dartz Wrote: I also have to ask.
How is it possible for the President to unilaterally order things like this? Other countries have whole ministries dedicated to figuring out the consequences with decisions made amongst a cabinet - not by one.
Well, this:
(01-03-2020, 04:05 PM)robkelk Wrote: Judging by the news reports out of DC over the last three years, this particular President has has fired anybody who disagrees with him and has surrounded himself with yes-men. If so, then his cabinet is an echo chamber, not a place of debate.
But also, following 9/11 the USA Congress passed sweeping military force authorisation laws that allow the President of the USA to unilaterally deploy forces in ways that previously required the consent of the congress. Those laws have never been revoked.