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dragonwriteryesterday at 3:39 PM0 repliesview on HN

> War on Terror AUMF is still in force and is why the President can just decide to bomb whatever country they want without asking for permission, now.

The War on Terror AUMF relies on a Presidential determinatiom that the targets “planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or person”.

But the President has had implicit blanket permission to bomb whoever he wants with a time limit ever since the War Powers Act was passed.