Scenario #2

"Obama to the Rescue"

Article II, Section 2 "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States...."

Troops to Uganda

This article discusses President Obama’s announcement to send U.S. troops to Africa to help hunt the Lord’s Resistance Army and their group leaders such as Joseph Kony. The LRA and Kony has abducted, raped, killed, and terrorized many civilians in Uganda. The LRA is also trying to overthrow the Ugandan government. Obama wants to send troops to help Uganda in hopes of eliminating the threat of the LRA that is imposed on Ugandan civilians.

The article discussing Obama sending troops to Uganda, relates to Article II, Section 2 of the constitution because they both speak on the President being commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States. President Obama states, “I have directed this deployment, which is in the national security and foreign policy interests of the US, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct US foreign relations and as commander in chief and chief executive.” President Obama states clearly that it’s his constitutional power to be commander in chief of the army and that he is able to send troops to help Uganda.

The political cartoon is labeled “standing up to the general.” It also shows President Obama having to stand on multiple things just to see eye to eye or be on the same level as the general who is sitting down. President Obama is saying that he has had enough of the general’s insubordination and tells them that they’re fired. The cartoon also shows that the general is much larger than President Obama.