War powers should not be partisan issue

Democrats in Congress ignored their responsibilities in military matters today when they failed to force the Obama administration to include the House of Representatives in it’s Libya deliberations.

Republicans, playing their own partisan games, are at least nodding in the direction of constitutional limits on presidential war-making, though it is pretty clear based on recent history that this is about Obama and not the constitution.

This partisan bickering is an affront. It should not matter who is in the White House or who runs Congress. It is the House of Representatives’ responsibility to take the nation into war, or keep the president from doing so.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet