War Powers (part 2)

Do you think that John Kerry appreciates the irony of his support for unchecked presidential war powers?

Secretary of State John Kerry is walking back his recent characterization of American action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as a "counterterrorism" operation, saying in an interview aired Sunday that it's a "war."

"In terms of Al Qaeda, which we have used the word 'war' with, yeah...we are at war with Al Qaeda and its affiliates," Kerry said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "And in the same context if you want to use it, yes, we are at war with ISIL in that sense. But I think it's waste of time to focus on that. Frankly, let's consider what we have to do to degrade and defeat ISIL and that's what I'm frankly much more focused on."