Obama’s War in Libya is Illegal and Unconstitutional

Canada Free Press ^ | Monday, March 21, 2011 | Cliff Kincaid

[Just A Nobody]

On CNN’s “Reliable Sources” show on Sunday, host Howard Kurtz asked, “One major question about the assault on Libya, what happened to the media’s skepticism?” He’s right, but his comparison to the war in Iraq was wrong. The correct parallel is President Bill Clinton’s illegal and unconstitutional military intervention in the civil war in Kosovo, then a province of Serbia. Serbia, like Libya today, did not present a threat to the U.S., but in both cases Democratic presidents went to war with those nations anyway, in order to strengthen international organizations.

What the media are missing is the fact that Obama’s war on Libya has no basis in law or the U.S. Constitution. He has decided to wage this war on his own with the authorization of the United Nations, not the U.S. Congress.

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Obama said, “I’ve acted after consulting with my national security team, and Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress. And in the coming hours and days, my administration will keep the American people fully informed. But make no mistake: Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world.”

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This announcement followed a February 25 executive order declaring Libya “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” which is ludicrous on its face. Obama then declared “a national emergency to deal with that threat.”

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It sounds like a New World Order.

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[dfwgator]

Sarkozy is the one who is wagging the dog, his poll numbers are in the tank, Obama was prodded by Hillary to get involved.

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks...I did as you suggested. I feel a bit better.

[Just A Nobody]

Yep. Makes me wonder what the pos is really up to in S. America.