On Thursday, the House voted to repeal the 20-year-old Authorization for Use of Military Force used by President George W. Bush to invade Iraq.
And Liz Cheney was not happy.
The neoconservative congresswoman, whom Trump has called a “warmongering fool” on multiple occasions, said on the House floor, “AUMF repeal without comprehensive replacement is dangerous, misguided, and ignores the security challenges facing our nation.”
“This legislation removes a critical tool used by previous administrations – Republican and Democrat – to defeat terrorist threats originating in Iraq,” said the Wyoming representative who was ousted from House leadership in May for constantly criticizing former president Donald Trump and supporting his second impeachment.
Cheney once again finds herself on the opposite side of Trump, who constantly spoke out about the dire need for America to end its “forever wars” and “endless wars” abroad.
Cheney said Thursday that repealing AUMF “would send a message of weakness to our adversaries and allies alike” and that it “is not part of a comprehensive replacement providing adequate authority to combat terrorists or those who want to do our nation harm is a vote to leave America exposed to our enemies.”
But the House still voted 268 to 161 to remove the authorization.
Every Democrat voted in favor, despite twice voting to block Trump’s efforts to withdraw troops from Afghanistan just last year – working in tandem with Cheney.
Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District disagreed with Cheney, saying in a statement that the vote to repeal AUMF was a “matter of basic constitutional hygiene and a small but significant step forward in reasserting Congress’s war powers authorities.”
“The 2002 AUMF is no longer relevant and its repeal would not impact ongoing operations in the Middle East,” Gallagher added.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said, “Saddam Hussein’s regime was defeated in 2003. 2003, that’s eighteen years ago.”
“Obama declared the Iraq War ended in 2011, but the AUMF was never repealed,” Massie added. “It gives a blank check to any current or subsequent administration to keep American soldiers in Iraq indefinitely, and puts us at risk of getting into another war.”
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Got it reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel bad for Trump, eh? You're obviously far more obsessed with him than any of his most rabid supporters. Hilarious.
Maybe Trump's uptightness has something to do with the SDNY.
Well, Haliburton made all kinds of money in the middle east for transporting "sailboat fuel" and other cash cow schemes. Cheney family made out like bandits. Liz can kiss her congressional career goodbye.
same with Afghanistan Trump ordered his generals to begin the process of removing troops from God forsaken Afghanistan but the "deep state" pentagon traitors held it up for Biden to be credited for ending the war. no matter the cost of US lives.
Those who WON'T at least consider ending a 20 year war...don't have any of THIER children in them. As a disabled VN Vet, the DEMS in the house wouldn't let Trump get us out, but NOW they want to do something??? HIPPOCRATES!!
Maybe her uptightness has something to do with Halliburton and Kellogg, Brown &Root contractors in Iran.