When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, how was it justified using the 2001 AUMF?
When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, how was it justified using the 2001 AUMF?
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When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, how was it justified using the 2001 AUMF?
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What is an AUMF?
The president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but the White House needs Congress's permission to
use military force abroad for any operation lasting longer than sixty days. Lawmakers can declare war, giving the
president broad powers, but that practice is effectively obsolete; Congress issued its last official declaration of war
during World War II. Alternatively, Congress can pass a law authorizing a narrower scope of military operations.
AUMF laws serve as that authorization, and they typically restrict military action to specific locations and, often,
time frames. The 2001 AUMF, however, is so broad that it has been compared to declarations of war and is
arguably, in one respect, even broader: the enemy is described, rather than named.
Its open-ended nature means that the 2001 law is still operational and that it has been used to justify some of the
most significant national security policy and military operations since 9/11.
The Long-Lasting Effects of the 2001 AUMF
U.S. coalition
U.S. launches
strikes against
Syria
(2017)
Guantanamo Bay
detention
NSA conducts
wireless
U.S. invades
Afghanistan
(2001)
begins strikes
against
Islamic State
(2014)
2001
camp opens
(2002)
surveillance
(2002)
AUMF](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9549f276-fcb9-4f8a-a5fa-225868bcebde%2F89af4b87-5a6f-4dc3-b033-ad994d482169%2Fs2uc52t_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:World101
Global Era Issues
uccaucs.
What is an AUMF?
The president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but the White House needs Congress's permission to
use military force abroad for any operation lasting longer than sixty days. Lawmakers can declare war, giving the
president broad powers, but that practice is effectively obsolete; Congress issued its last official declaration of war
during World War II. Alternatively, Congress can pass a law authorizing a narrower scope of military operations.
AUMF laws serve as that authorization, and they typically restrict military action to specific locations and, often,
time frames. The 2001 AUMF, however, is so broad that it has been compared to declarations of war and is
arguably, in one respect, even broader: the enemy is described, rather than named.
Its open-ended nature means that the 2001 law is still operational and that it has been used to justify some of the
most significant national security policy and military operations since 9/11.
The Long-Lasting Effects of the 2001 AUMF
U.S. coalition
U.S. launches
strikes against
Syria
(2017)
Guantanamo Bay
detention
NSA conducts
wireless
U.S. invades
Afghanistan
(2001)
begins strikes
against
Islamic State
(2014)
2001
camp opens
(2002)
surveillance
(2002)
AUMF
![A GROWING LIST OF AUTHORIZATIONS
THE INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN: 2001
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U.S. marines supporting Operatlon Enduring Freedom disembark from an
amphlblous assault ship, on October 29, 2001.
Source: Earnie Grafton/Reuters
The first major policy step, clearly based on the 2001 AUMF, was the invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, less
than a month after the 9/11 attacks. Launched with support from the United Kingdom, Operation En
targeted al-Qaeda (which “planned" and "committed" the attacks) and the Taliban (which "harbored" al-Qaeda).
Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda who claimed responsibility for directing the attacks, was ultimately killed
Enduring Freedom
by U.S. forces in 2011.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9549f276-fcb9-4f8a-a5fa-225868bcebde%2F89af4b87-5a6f-4dc3-b033-ad994d482169%2F05u5jau_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A GROWING LIST OF AUTHORIZATIONS
THE INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN: 2001
SHARE
U.S. marines supporting Operatlon Enduring Freedom disembark from an
amphlblous assault ship, on October 29, 2001.
Source: Earnie Grafton/Reuters
The first major policy step, clearly based on the 2001 AUMF, was the invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, less
than a month after the 9/11 attacks. Launched with support from the United Kingdom, Operation En
targeted al-Qaeda (which “planned" and "committed" the attacks) and the Taliban (which "harbored" al-Qaeda).
Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda who claimed responsibility for directing the attacks, was ultimately killed
Enduring Freedom
by U.S. forces in 2011.
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