US defense sec: We're cyber-bombing ISIS The United States has confirmed it is attacking computers used by the Islamic State in an effort to wreck its communications systems. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters it is hacking ISIS or Daesh or ISIL in Iraq and Syria, and considers those attacks akin to normal warfare. "We're bombing ISIL's banks as well as …
Does this warfare on foreign ground kind of thing generally require the approval of the people's democratically elected representatives?
Has such a vote been held and if so where can I read about the related discussion?
Or are these actions being taken on the same basis as the mass snooping of recent decades, viz we're in charge and we'll do what we like, democratically authorized or not, try and stop us if you can.
>Does this warfare on foreign ground kind of thing generally require the approval of the people's democratically elected representatives?
Yes but sadly really only one, the POTUS. Congress doesn't actually like doing anything so this was another power they gave away (unofficially at least) to the POTUS during the Vietnam era. Starting wars (sorry make that conflicts, wars still technically require Congressional approval, and worrying about getting Congress on board after) is one of the few things the POTUS actually has control over which is why its rather amusing to see people picking presidents based on their supposed economic plans which are all bullshit anyway and Congress now doesn't even pretend to care what the POTUS suggests.
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