Posted on 06/09/2011 7:07:22 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
The Obama administration is intensifying its illegal secret war in Yemen as armed rebellions against the U.S.-government-backed dictatorship of Ali Abdullah Saleh (left) threaten to overthrow the regime. But while the mainstream press has been cheering on the unlawful military campaign, experts warned that it could easily backfire. Witnesses said multiple civilians were killed in an American air strike late last week supposedly targeting suspected militants — an unavoidable consequence of jet fighter and drone attacks that will almost certainly stir up more anti-U.S. sentiment. And the secret bombing campaign has actually been stepped up in recent weeks on orders from the White House, according to military officials cited in various news reports.
What lawful or constitutional authority Obama believes he possesses to wage secret wars is unclear. Congress has not even authorized the strikes, let alone declared war. But officials claimed the purpose of the attacks was to kill militants, some of whom the government alleges could be linked to al Qaeda.
U.S. forces have also been unsuccessfully firing missiles in recent weeks supposedly aimed at an American citizen believed to be hiding in Yemen — a cleric named Anwar al-Awlaki. Despite the fact that al-Awlaki was meeting with top U.S. military officials immediately following the September 11 attacks, Obama purported to authorize the U.S.-born Imam’s extrajudicial assassination after the cleric became a suspected supporter of terrorism.
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Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq.
Obama did launch his political career in the livingroom of a weatherman.
It is only fair. 0bama has been waging war on the US now for nearly three years.
I thought the weathermen were anti-war.
I guess if al Qaeda were in Germany, Italy, France, etc..........he would call for air strikes there also? Is it not interesting that he is only doing this in the Middle East and for what reason?
Where are those war protestors now?
BTW Is there really anything in Yemen worthy of an airstrike?
Yemen? We’re doing air strikes in Yemen now? Somehow that’s gotten by me.
I hope the guys and gals on “our” Media side pickup the kinship Obama has with Adolf Hitler. His (Hitler’s) singular dictatorial actions to attack European countries at will( England, France, Belgium. Holland, Norway, Poland,, etc. is mirrored by Dictator Obama. Of course, his intent is different from Hitler. Obama want to destroy the USA, economically, our military and internally with his allies of America hate!!! American..s, all, you better wise up quickly!!! Obama is in league and in bed with Muslin terrorists all over the world!!!
Congress has authorized these illegal wars through their acquiescence.
If they want them stopped they can order the resident to bring the forces home and if he doesn’t comply they can kill funding for it.Just like the dem’s did to end the Vietnam war.
OBAMA: WAR CRIMINAL
They were all for it if it spread their ‘enemy’ thin and made their ‘enemy’ weaker.
Don’t know about anti-war, but they are anti-capitalist. The weathermen bombed Ft. Dix and a NYPD precinct. They believe in violence to further their cause - that is not anti-war.
exactly. got some in my own family. protested in AA all through the bush years. everything must be fine now.
Thus far, using drones to enter the sovereign airspace of:
Afghanistan,
Libya,
Yemen
Next?
Apparently, to this Anointed-Idiot and international law, ‘sovereignty’ means nothing, huh? =.=
Secret war? If a Republican were president...
Why yes, yes he did.
I’m not seeing the Grand Strategy in this. What does he do...throw darts at a map of the world to determine who we hit next? Where are all those loudmouth war protesters now? And where are the old press hacks? If Bush even looked cross-eyed at a country the old press was calling him an out of control cowboy.
The threat briefings probably rattled ol’ Obozo.
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