Following a White House meeting today with NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, President Obama confirmed that the US would continue with the war in Libya going forward, providing no timeline for it to end.
The confirmation sounds pretty final, but the legal basis for the war in the United States is about to become far more dubious than it already was. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 sets a 60 day limit for wars that weren’t authorized. This would require President Obama to end the war next Friday.
Which he has no intention of doing. Indeed, legal advisers are said to be discussing loopholes which would allow them to circumvent the resolution and continue the war in an open-ended manner. Among the ideas is that NATO will stop the entire war on Friday for a few minutes, then start it back up, giving the president, somehow, another 60 days.
Mostly Congress doesn’t appear to care if the president flaunts this rule, but suggestions from people like Sen. Richard Lugar (R – IN) that he really should ask Congress about the war at some point suggest he might actually ask at some point. Sen. John McCain (R – AZ) insisted that the requirement that the president ask about the war was unconstitutional at any rate, and expressed his support for continuing the bombing.
The War Powers Resolution is only valid in cases where the US is under attack or direct threat of being attacked, something no one in their wildest imagination has claimed about Libya.
Every president have a reason or two not asking the American people going to war or not.., that is asking congress.., what I wonder is: with senators like Kerry who needs to ask congress.., American people that is.., if is OK to go to war or not.., he certainly would vote yes blindly.., so the president will get his votes not needing to ask the American people.., US congress that is. This is how democracy in practical matter (limited only in senate floor debating) works.., so who need asking American people.., congress that is.
a highly depressing yet unsurprising course of events. by the way, the word is flout, not flaunt. Though some might refudiate my suggestion, the same rules apply.
The entire US democratic and republican political party is slaved to PANC.., we been asking for it to be closed not because of their affiliation with Neo-Fascism.., this is nothing new.., but rather for the fact that there is no democracy coming out of this political party. The US political parties have no idea in regard to democracy nor the slogan in republic.., these are just a name.., therefore they are using PANC as their ideology and been used by this organization from the beginning.., Since 1990 the US government been following the PNAC ideology and recommendation made by its ideologue Paul Wolfowitz and others.., this cooperation has brought nothing but disastrous consequences to US economy and the American peoples life.., this idiocy also been killing millions of people around the world.., as in Iraq and elsewhere.., by now US/NATO foreign policy is eligible for war crime against humanity 10 times over.., every president since 1990 hade a war under his name., Libyan war is under Barak Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton names. In terms of many social political and economical issues not only Barak Hussein Obama lied to his own people but his been laying continuously to follow on PANC idea in at home and world domination.., Libyan war is yet another.., this time his using the Saudis Tyrants regime and their affiliated terrorist groups as Muslims brotherhood and others alike to follow on PNAC path.., if Obama Libya war is successful and his going to be reelected then the world surely would see another war in Chad or Sudan.., and rest of the African horn country very soon after his election. These wars are not the peoples war.., these are made and orchestrated by the systems competing for the world natural resources and domination.., while these capitalist systems are at war people will die and countries be destroyed.., everything else in relation to this ideology is a creation for and to continue these wars.
Obama needs to be impeached.This war is illegal and needs to be stoped.Congress does nothing top force the US constitutiuon to be followed the only thing that can be done is to overthrough the government.The consititution gives citizens the right to do so if they have a tyranical government.Stop letting your government murder poeple including kids because the blood ios on every person that does not take action.I'm Canadian and belive we don't have the legal right to be in Liybia or Afganistan.The Canadian government nows 9/11 was an inside job so do like Japan and do what is right band lawfull.We need to stop following the US and show we are a law abiding country we should only fight wars if are country is about to be attacked.After all we are loved because we are pease keepers a few bad disisions will change how the world looks at us.So wake up Canada.Don't seem to me the US will unless there is a revolution.Canadians don't need to be followers.
Obama said on TV that the war in Libya would be a matter of days. I think we need him to address the subject again. I want us out of all 3 wars. What happen to the attitude that we shouldn't live in fear of terrorists. We can bring our troops back home, secure our borders, keep our intelligence sources working on terrorists. We don't need troops on the ground in Afghanistan or Iraq. We never needed them in Iraq. I am disappointed in Obama for ignoring the American people without addressing why we are still in Libya. I suppose we have no troops on the ground, but we are bombing. I think if the UN wants to be there, they can stay.
Of course he should ask Congress, that's in the Constitution! And how sneaky for NATO to quit for a few minutes so he can have another 60 days! And of course McCain is for the bombing, no surprise there.
America is frigging broke people. This war is costing us money. I can't believe the people aren't organizing in the streets. I want back my tax money!
> Sen. John McCain (R – AZ) insisted that the requirement that the president ask about the war was unconstitutional at any rate, and expressed his support for continuing the bombing.<
It's getting really damn had to out-absurd these lunatics anymore.