Speaking at a briefing for reporters, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D – MD) warned Congress against defunding President Obama’s war in Libya, saying it would “undermine” NATO and do serious damage to the alliance.
“It certainly would undermine the confidence of NATO in the ability of the president of the United States to participate in support of an effort that NATO had agreed to,” Hoyer claimed. A growing number of Congressmen are calling for the defunding of the war on the grounds that President Obama never sought Congressional approval and now claims he doesn’t need it.
But despite Hoyer’s concern, NATO is far from united behind the war in Libya, and indeed the Obama Administration has been lashing other member nations, notably Germany and Poland, for refusing to take part.
That list is growing too, with Italy announcing today that they want an immediate end to the war and the introduction of humanitarian aid, after multiple NATO strikes killed dozens of civilians over the weekend.
The announcement of the US jumping ship on the war might indeed be disquieting for its enthusiastic supporters, which is down to only a handful of nations anything, but would likely also be a relief to the nations opposed to the conflict in the first place, and might convince NATO’s leadership that something other than an open-ended bombing campaign is called for.
A final fight to see if this country is run by and for the "people" OR the zionist in the middle east?
Fuck NATO
Couldn't agree more. This moribund alliance should have been scrapped 20 years ago.
Stimpy Hoyer "warns" Congress? Against defunding an already illegal war? Oh Stimpy you servile fool, sit yourself down, take a Prozac, and get a grip. There aren't so many Americans left anymore that find NATO more than a parasitic nuisance. Rather inept too.
Where the hell these people are coming from and why they call themselves politicians.., so what if NATO is demolished all together.., what is going to happen Mr. Stiny Hoyer.., the world would co-laps and stars would fall on your mention and sky will fall on car that you drive.., one less militarism regime means more peace.., unless you like some other senators have more shares in war machinery and that's why you are worried .
Undermining NATO? And the downside is what exactly? Fewer wars of aggression?
What about underming the American People by continuing an illegal war?
America pays for NATO's war anyway by suppling Bombs and munitions for their aircraft.
Does Hoyer think that the Europeans have the money to provide these things?
As an American prez said in 1954 one navy destroyer could pay for 80,000 American homes,
how many homes,schools,hi-ways/bridges repaired would that be today?(and more, & a BETTER
US)
If defunding the war in Libya undermines NATO, so much the better. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent dismantling of the Warsaw Pact NATO is an alliance that has outlived whatever use it might have had. It is about time rich European countries with thier lavish welfare states pay for thier own defense without generous subsidies from hapless American taxpayers. Defund the war in Libya. Undermine NATO. A two for one special. Sounds good to me.
NATO is on American life support, without which it would cease to exist, which would be a positive..