The Patriot Post® · Congress Moves in Response to ISIL Beheadings

Containing the threat against ISIL may become Congress’s war. Obama has until October to get authorization from Congress to continue bombing ISIL and when that happens, Congress may weigh in on the situation where Obama admitted, “We don’t have a strategy yet.” Ranking Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) said, “The beheading of poor Mr. Sotloff really just brings back that we are dealing with a dangerous adversary. … Congress needs to play a vital role and we are determined that the House Foreign Affairs Committee will lead the way. We believe that before the president can continue beyond 60 days of doing airstrikes in Iraq or anyplace else, he would have to come to Congress and get Congress’s authority to continue.” With the beheadings and more troops on the ground, Obama may be pushed into a larger war than he wants. Although he claims this Congress does nothing, it will do something in response to his do-nothing foreign policy. More…