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| Dr Ada Fisher |
Though folks on both sides of the
aisle are clapping and praising the strategic strikes against Syria undertaken
by President Trump in response to their unleashing chemical weapons for Genocide
on their own people, proceed with caution. Congress’ hand should
be forced to endorse and ratify this program as only they can constitutionally
officially engage the nation in an act of war per their
War Powers Resolution (Pub.L.
93–148) . In an attempt to rein in some of the
president's claimed powers, The War Powers Resolution proscribes the only power
of the president to wage war which is recognized by
Congress.
A strike
against another sovereign nation no matter its etiology can be interpreted as an
act of war. Where will the line be drawn?
Why have we not treated Rwanda, the Sudan, Iran, Iraq and
seceded nations from Russia to this standard when genocide was committed against
their peoples? Is this to be our line in the sand for all such
engagements? Will our failure to act or our actions create
refugees and immigrants that we now will be forced to
absorbed?
Finally, a USA
President unafraid to exert leadership in the face of external
national genocide on a people not our own.
Underlying and lingering big issues remain? Should regime
change be engaged in? Who decides the successors?
When our actions lead to the destruction of economies and political
structures, what will be the infrastructure to feed, house and clothe those
people or provide clarity for restructuring their best interest?
When the
foundations of rogue nations' political structures are diametrically different
from ours, brakes need to be pumped less we take on a burden which may undermine
the very concepts of who we are and what constitutionally we should be about.
If not us, who will render aid in view of the persistent vacuum for over eight
years?
And by the way, to the uninformed,
Hitler did unleash chemical gas as one of his preferred methods of human
extermination.
Ada M. Fisher, MD,
MPH is a licensed teacher, retired physician, former county school board member,
speaker, author of Common Sense Conservative Prescriptions Good for What Ails Us
Book 1 (available through Amazon. Com) and is the NC Republican National
Committeewoman. She also is a blogger for NewsMax
magazine.
