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submitted 5 months ago by lemmus@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

The U.S. and U.K. led a series of airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday evening, setting off alarms globally about how the attacks play into the smoldering regional risk of conflict — including a stream of questions from Congress about whether Biden was legally authorized to conduct the strikes at all.

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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago

I understand the logic in this case but I still think congress should have more oversight of US military force. If the entire body is too cumbersome to react quickly, surely a delegated committee could be formed that can approve or deny actions quickly. The danger of having that power unilaterally available to the president is too great.

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

For what it's worth, I don't really disagree.

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