14.02.2015 - 10:58 [ Huffington Post ]

Congressional AUMF Debate Is a Sham

The more important aspect of the new proposal is what it leaves out: the 2001 AUMF remains untouched. Passed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the 2001 authorization is only 60 words long and yet it‘s become, as Gregory Johnsen called it, „the most dangerous sentence in history.“