Posted on 06/17/2011 5:46:44 PM PDT by Robert Drobot
(CNSNews.com) - CIA Director Leon Panetta, who President Barack Obama has nominated to be secretary of Defense, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that he believes the president can unilaterally use military force, without congressional authorization to “protect our national interests.”
Panetta’s claim of broad unilateral presidential power to initiate U.S. military action absent an attack or imminent threat to the United States came in response to a question from Sen. John McCain—who said he agreed with Panetta.
The U.S. is now involved militarily in Libya even though Congress has never authorized that involvement.
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He is challenging the limitations of authority established by the supreme authority within the Republic - we the people. Further, one member of our Senate dares stand with him in this challenge. John McCain.
Both traitors should resign from the system they so despise.
Leo (Trotsky) Panetta
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Oh goodie!
Let’s Bomb Mexico!
The government has gone so wrong so fast that I just don’t know what to say anymore.The rule of law has died right before our eyes.
Oh, good. So now, future Republican administrations can cite the “Obama Doctrine” whenever anybody needs killin’.
This is an absurdity not even worthy of comment... and yet I’m commenting.
Panetta is merely being honest to his true nature. Men like Panetta (and sinkEmperor clintoon chose him because of it) do not consider the Constitution a valid obstruction to them being a law unto themselves, to their administrations. We have elected the enemy to rule over us and now we expect them to abide by our Constitution? Absurd
I swear this reads like one of John Semmens' satires.
I always believed the role of the Military WAS to protect our National Interest. What the hell is REALLY going on???
National interest? In Libya? I say we bomb Zimbabwe next!
Obama now has his yes man at her Pentagon.
her = the
Oh boy.
Aiding Al Qaeda mixed in with the Libyan Rebels is in our national interest? Since when? Who decided that? Not our military I’m sure.
Leon Panetta is a Communist crook who worked his way up the ladder doing clinton’s dirty work.
What national interest is involved in Libya, Leon? Why are we fighting that war on the wrong side? It makes about as much sense as Clinton going in and giving Kosovo to the Muslim Albanian drug cartel. And now they’re trading body parts as well as drugs.
Great work, Leon!
Leon Lickspittle is a career pol with his nose so far up Obama’s butt, the president had to have the Surgeon General make a window in his navel so Panetta wouldn’t trip over his own - or Obama’s - feet.
Does the word ‘mouthpiece’ mean anything?
I would like to hear his definition of “national interest.” Without a clear definition anything can be, and will be used, as “national interest.”
First Bush/Paulson/Obama send a hundred billion to the European bankers, to keep them afloat in our taxfunded cash, then barry the bastard sends our sons and daughters to die for the flow of their European energy policy. Nothing to see here. Move along. All your resource are belong to the bastard boy and his bosses.
“....he believes the president can unilaterally use military force, without congressional authorization to “protect our national interests.””
Ok Leon, so who defines “national interests” and how is a military officer to draw the line at what is a lawful order when there is an ambiguous doctrine of “national interests” now?
What if in Obama’s opinion it’s in the “national interests” to turn on a restless segment of Americans?
“Panetta: Obama Can Unilaterally Use Military to Protect ‘National Interests”
And what, pray tell is our vital national interest in Libya?
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