Did Obama break any laws by negotiating with the Iraqi PM. We already have a President and it is not him.?

Question

I did not get this from either political party. I heard this on CNN which is a very liberal news channel. So it is not from the Republicans or Democrats

Answer 1

He is there to listen so no law broken!!

Bush went to war quite against international law and then introduced illegal incarceration, torture and many other things against international law.

Bush is the one who is breaking the law and acting against the accepted humanitarian ways of the rest of the world.

In doing so he is making America the pariah of the world so America needs Obama to get in and reverse the extreme damage Bush has done!!!

Answer 2

H e did not  negotiate.  Obama 08

Answer 3

Obama isn't president yet, but he will be soon enough.

I know it's hard to be patient after seeing how bad Bush f*cked up Afghanistan, Iraq and America for the past 8 years, but he will be gone before too long.

Obama didn't negotiate with the Iraqi PM.

They talked about how both the Iraqi people and the American public want a timeline for withdrawal of Bush's occupation forces from Iraq.

Bush/Cheney/McCain wants to keep Bush's war going for another 100 years, but the Iraqi people and the American people want it to end.

Answer 4

Drink tea , it wil relax ur brain.

Answer 5

As I see it he is there on a foreign policy plan. He is doing this as part of his campaign. It is more of what will he do if he is elected president. It is the same as if McCain goes over there and discusses with the PM. No law was broken.

Answer 6

Senator Obama is a duly elected member of the Senate and the Congress of the United States of America. As such, he has authority to negotiate treaties, especially since Congress is the ONLY entity that can ratify any treaty or agreement entered into and/or negotiated by the President or any other elected official of the U.S. Government who is constitutionally charged with the authority to enact and negotiate treaties and agreements with foreign nations. He's not some whack job amature who doesn't have any experience doing this; ...he is a United States Senator; one of only two from the great State of Illinois. The Constitution grants him all the authority he needs to speak with foreign heads of State with regard to foreign policy. Granted, he alone cannot create, ratify or enact a treaty or agreement with another sovereign nation, ...but neither can the President.

Answer 7

He wasn't "negotiating" with anyone.  Even if he had wanted to, he is not in any position to do so.  As a US Senator and presidential candidate, he was simply talking to the heads of the Iraq government, troop leaders, etc., to get a better picture of the situation in Iraq.  That is what this trip is supposed to be, a fact-finding mission.  A number of Congressmen have made trips to Iraq, including McCain, and they have done much the same thing that Obama is doing.  Why must you try to make this into something it's not?

Answer 8

You have heard the spin put out by the Republican party, and that is exactly what you are repeating. Both political parties are guilty of the spin they put on everything under the sun, knowing that much of what they are saying is a lie. I wish that everyone that hears this stuff would stop and think if it is true, or merely serves a political purpose for the party. We need people that think, not people that accept as truth whatever their political party is telling them to think.Both parties are guilty of this, and it should be illegal to lie.