Obama Wants War Declared Against ISIS The White House is preparing a formal request to Congress to authorize military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, The Hill reported Wednesday evening. His proposal follows ISISs gruesome video of a caged Jordanian pilot being burned alive and is expected to reach Congress within the next week. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said he would be disappointed if President Obama did not make the request very soon. Obama has repeatedly said he will not send combat troops to Iraq to fight ISIS, even as he has increased the number of U.S. military advisers in the country, The Hill said. But the White House also does not want the militarys hands tied in Iraq, and is likely to oppose any language ruling out the use of ground troops. Democrats say any Authorization for the Use of Military Forceshould contain a time limit for the authorization and also ban the use of U.S. ground troops in combat in Iraq and Syria. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) said hed have trouble supporting any AUMF that included the option of boots on the ground, and that most House Democrats feel the same way. I would bet its a significant majority [of Democrats] would not vote for it, Yarmuth said Wednesday. Some members of Congress, on both sides of the aisle, sound ready for an all-out war. Not the degrading of ISIS, not the containing of ISIS, but the destroying and crushing of ISIS has got to be the first and foremost goal, Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) told Fox News. It clarifies what was clear before, which is theres going to be overwhelming congressional support for this, said Seator. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), predicting a strong, strong supermajority of members of both houses in both parties to grant the president the war-making authority. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) toldThe Hillhe is open to the option of committing U.S. ground troops to the battle. The recent beheading of the Japanese hostages and the immolation of the Jordanian pilot shows were dealing with one of the most heinous groups that weve seen, and we need to take action for the protection of humanity, Cohen said. The United States has been employing airpower against the Islamic State since last August. A U.S.-led coalition has conducted 2,264 strikes in Iraq and Syria, killing more than 6,000 ISIS fighters,The Hillreported.Obama did not ask for congressional authorization when he began that campaign, nor did he express a need for it when he discussed the conflict in an address to the nation on September 10. In a background briefing before that speech, White House officials told reporters that the president had authority under the 2001 AUMF, passed by Congress after the terrorist attacks of September 11. That joint resolution authorized the president (then George W. Bush) to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons. The Islamic State did not yet exist on Sept. 11, 2001, and al-Qaeda, the organization said to have organized and carried out the 9/11 attacks, is now among the Islamic States enemies in Syria. In his address to the National Defense University in May 2013, Obama declared the 2001 AUMF outdated and said he would look forward to engaging Congress and the American people in efforts to refine, and ultimately repeal, the AUMFs mandate. From a forensic view ..? Is there ANYTHING too dumb for you to believe? According to reports I have seen from a forensic view, michele is a man dressing as a woman. ( a cross dresser), obama is gay, the two girls were adopted in Morocco, and are not theirs! Michele being a man cannot give birth to a child. When wearing a tight fitting dress you can see the cup covering his genitals. Have you seen this report?? As a veteran myself, I believe that the man who we currently call CIC, should Declare War not the AUMF. He is still half stepping and dragging his feet. Commitment issues I think so. It is a wonder he ever got married or had children. Whats next Michelle OB in a Hijab or Burka. This President will not allow freedom of control to Military Commanders and those poor bastards who have to go over and Fight ISIS, will be cannon fodder. 