04-07-2017, 03:35 PM
(04-07-2017, 02:00 PM)Au165 Wrote: There was no attack on U.S. soldiers or sovereign territory. The president of the united stats only has the ability to initiate military response in these issues against foreign countries, otherwise it must come through congress.
It's not just limited to soldiers and territory, but also includes national security interests which is a euphemism which could encompass almost any situation.
In this case , the Trump legal team will argue deterring the use and spread of chemical weapons fulfills the national security requirement and Trump didn't have the necessary time to notify Congress and that doing so would compromise the secrecy needed to carry out the attack if he did.
