So, another 450 troops are going to Iraq. What the rationale is is unknown, as Obama has not supplied any sort of comprehensive analysis to Congress. His only 'analysis' is a four-page document that is based in part on the 2001 Congressional resolution which “authorized the use of force against ISIL beginning in at least 2004, when ISIL, then known as al Qaida in Iraq, pledged its allegiance to (the late Osama) bin Laden". Was ISIL even a dream in 2004? The 'analysis' also argues that the movement against ISIL is consonant with the 2002 resolution approving the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
This is the guy pledging transparency, “My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.” And his administration has yet to respond to an ACLU Freedom of Information Act request filed in September seeking any documents related to a legal analysis.
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