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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:56 AM Original message |
The Progressive: Obama’s Libya War: Unconstitutional, Naïve, Hypocritical |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. We're also a minor player under the auspices of the UN |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It should probably read: 'Obama, Cameron, Sarkozy's War' |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. But more accurate. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. According to the US General who is conducting the war? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Without U.S. leadership do you think this military operation would be happening? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Yes. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. By whom and with what? |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. 110 American Tomahawk missiles fired at targets inside Libya |
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Duende azul (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. That must be the "change". |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Past Presidents have gotten around the pesky Article I, Section 8 provision |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. The U.S. signed the U.N. Charter |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. So did Libya. And, China, Russian, Germany, India, Brasil, and Andorra. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. They didn't vote no, did they? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. No. Not an one of them. India, Brasil, and Germany are not permanent members and don't have a veto |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. How long has it been since a politician read it? Do what you want is not in it! |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Obviously a lot of them need to read it and understand what was signed. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Rec'd. You can't put enough lipstick on this pig to turn it into anything but another illegal war n/ |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Congress could stop this kind of shit |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Our Congress? The Congress that destroyed the health care bill? That looked the other way... |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Whether or not that have the intestional fortitude to do it is |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. We absolutely agree on that! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. k&r |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Obama's war? Really? Just like Bush? |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. a must read for those unafraid of the truth no matter how much it hurts to know it. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. SSDD |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Yup...nt |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. calling this unconstitutional is naive |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. So the Constitution says the President can conduct a war for 60 days without Congressional approval |
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Shiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Jefferson did the exact same thing in 1801 |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. The Ohio Company invaded the Ohio Nations as soon as the Revolutionary War ended. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. One of the good things Obama has done. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Let's see, if he does 50 good things, which countries will excape his goodness? |
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